Treating Young Adult Generalized Anxiety Disorder With Text-Message Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

NCT06774573 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CBT-txt-A
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the proposed study is to test the feasibility and efficacy of a "anxiety-focused" text-delivered counseling program to reduce anxiety symptoms among young adults (18-25) with elevated anxiety symptoms. We are primarily interested in whether the intervention will reduce anxiety. We have adapted an effective in-person, manualized cognitive behavioral therapy treatment for anxiety (Muñoz et al, 2000) into an 8-week, text-delivered anxiety treatment, named CBT-txt-Anxiety. We will test this with 100 young adults who will be randomized to either CBTtxt-Anxiety or waitlist control condition and assessed at baseline, and at 1- month, 2-months, and 3-months post-baseline.

Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Keywords

anxiety, young adult, text-message treatment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• GAD-7

  Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

  baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months post-basseline

Study Arms (2)

CBT-txt-A

EXPERIMENTAL

8-week automated text-message delivered treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Behavioral: CBT-txt-A

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Assessment only condition

Interventions

CBT-txt-A BEHAVIORAL

8-week automated text-message delivered treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

CBT-txt-A

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• A) 18 to 25 years old B) a score of at least 10 on the GAD-7 (indicating elevated anxiety symptoms) C) lives in the United States D) consents to receiving text messages from the study

You may not qualify if:

• A) treatment for anxiety during the past three months B) lack of access to a text-capable phone C) unable or unwilling to commit to three months of follow-up D) not fluent in English.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Tennessee, Knoxville: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: two group randomized clinical trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 8, 2025
• First Posted: January 14, 2025
• Study Start: December 18, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 2, 2025
• Study Completion: May 2, 2025
• Last Updated: September 24, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Locations

US (1)