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Study of Virtual Reality Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia

NCT00129610 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2007-04-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study aims at comparing virtual reality therapy (VRT) with a usual cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program for agoraphobia. A waiting list represents the control condition. The investigators' purpose is to test a pure VRT compared with a pure CBT, as previous works suggest that the combination of the two methods are clinically effective. Patients receive a two-page information leaflet about the trial and sign an informed consent. After the first evaluation, they are randomized, in three centers (Lyon, Paris, Luxemburg), either to VRT (12 sessions) or CBT (12 sessions), or a waiting-list control condition for three months. After three months the waiting list is randomized to VRT or CBT. The follow-up is one year from entry into the active part of the trial.

Conditions

  • Panic Disorder
  • Agoraphobia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality Therapy

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jean COTTRAUX, MD · Hospices Civils de Lyon

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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