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Avatar-mediated Therapy Versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Persisting Experiences of Hearing Voices

NCT05982158 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 212

Last updated 2024-11-22

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Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of a new psychological therapy, Avatar Therapy, to the current standard therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), in improving outcomes in people living with psychotic disorders who have persisting experiences of hearing voices (auditory verbal hallucinations, AVHs).

Conditions

  • Auditory Hallucination
  • Psychotic Disorders
  • Schizophrenia and Related Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Avatar therapy

Seven 50-minute therapy sessions conducted by videoconferencing.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Seven 50-minute therapy sessions conducted by videoconferencing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Copenhagen

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Manchester

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Melbourne

    collaborator OTHER

  • Monash University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Perth Voices Clinic

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of the Sunshine Coast

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swinburne University of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neil Thomas · Swinburne University of Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-08
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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