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The Association Between Physical Sensations and Thinking Styles

NCT03233542 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2023-11-13

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Summary

The aim of the study is to examine panic-related associations and interpretations in the context of Panic Disorder and its treatment. While theoretical accounts of Panic Disorder suggest a central role of such associations and interpretations in the onset and maintenance of the disorder, research to date in fact leaves many questions about the nature of these dysfunctional cognitions and their potential role unanswered. Patients with Panic Disorder and a control group of patients with other anxiety disorders will complete measures of panic-relevant associations and interpretation bias. The patients with Panic Disorder will be randomized to receive either Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) or a waiting list condition (to be followed by CBT after completion of the study procedures). The anxious control group will also receive CBT. Panic-relevant associations and interpretations will be measured twice, i.e., pre and post CBT/waitlist. Furthermore, relevant symptom measures and physiological and biological markers will be assessed and responses to a hyperventilation challenge. The study aims to further advance our understanding of cognitions in the etiology and maintenance of Panic Disorder, and inform future treatment optimisation.

Conditions

  • Panic Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for diagnosed anxiety disorder (i.e. CBT for Panic Disorder in the Panic Disorder group, or other diagnosed anxiety disorders in the Anxious Control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oxford

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Salzburg

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ruhr University of Bochum

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marcella L Woud, PhD · Ruhr University of Bochum

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-18
Primary Completion
2023-08-31
Completion
2023-08-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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