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Comparative Effectiveness of Internet-based Versus Parent-Coached Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Children and Adolescents With Anxiety and OCD

NCT07024758 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 174

Last updated 2025-07-20

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Summary

Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents are common and confer significant disability. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the recommended treatment for youth with anxiety, yet many families cannot access CBT due to cost, practicalities of attending in-person treatment sessions, and a shortage of trained providers, especially in rural areas. To combat these barriers, other treatment methods have been developed.

Previous research has shown that family-based, internet-delivered CBT (iCBT) for anxiety and OCD in youth has shown a significant reduction in anxiety symptoms. Parent-coached exposure therapy (PCET) focuses entirely on teaching parents and youth together how to address anxiety through the completion of in-session parent-coached exposures and assigning parent-coached exposure as homework in between sessions.

Although both iCBT and PCET show positive results in treating pediatric anxiety in comparison to standard-care CBT, little is known about the comparative efficacy of iCBT and PCET.

This research is being done to understand the comparative effectiveness of two different types of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for treating anxiety or OCD in youth.

Conditions

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Anxiety Disorder of Childhood or Adolescence
  • Social Anxiety Disorder of Childhood
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
  • Separation Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Disorder
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorder (With or Without Agoraphobia)
  • Phobia, Specific

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Coached Exposure Therapy

Parent-based cognitive behavioral therapy with guidance from a therapist

BEHAVIORAL

Family Based, Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Family-based cognitive behavioral therapy employing internet-delivered modules and videos

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-01
Primary Completion
2028-06-30
Completion
2028-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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