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Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

NCT05044715 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2023-06-09

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Summary

The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that takes place at Brigham Young University's (BYU) Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). The proposed study follows from the CAPS open trial which led to revisions of the compassion-focused therapy (CFT) protocol authored by Paul Gilbert. In essence, the study is taking existing evidence-based group treatments offered at CAPS, and comparing patient outcomes in a systematic manner. The investigators intend to replicate the improvement rates observed in the open trial with the revised CFT protocol and ascertain if outcomes are comparable to members who receive treatment-as-usual-TAU CAPS groups and those receiving CFT.

Hypotheses:

1. Group members attending a 12-session CFT group will have higher levels of compassion and self-reassurance as well as lower levels of self-criticism (and self-hate), fears of compassion, shame, and psychiatric distress when compared to members attending the parallel TAU groups.
2. Amount of change in compassion, self-reassurance, self-criticism (and self-hate), fears of compassion, and shame will be comparable for CFT measures authored by Dr. Gilbert as measures developed by independent compassion researchers.
3. There will be comparable levels of change in general psychiatric distress, as measured by the Outcome Questionnaire -45 (OQ-45), in members attending CFT and TAU groups. However, there will be greater change in members attending CFT groups on measures of compassion.
4. CFT will lead to lower levels of internalized shame through the mechanisms of fear reduction and increases in the 3 flows of compassion.

Conditions

  • Compassion
  • Self-Criticism
  • Shame
  • Guilt

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as Usual

Treatment as usual-TAU groups include: 1. Mood Groups - General Process Groups 2. Anxiety Groups - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 3. Body Image and Eating Concerns Groups 4. Reconciling Faith and Sexuality Groups

BEHAVIORAL

Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)

The CFT protocol assumes that participants have no prior experience with meditation, mindfulness, and self-compassion and teaches principles of each as well as skills such as guided meditations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brigham Young University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gary M Burlingame, PhD · Brigham Young University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-29
Primary Completion
2023-03-31
Completion
2023-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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View NCT05044715 on ClinicalTrials.gov