A Novel Neurobehavioral Intervention for Emotion Regulation in Anxiety and Depression Across the Lifespan

September 5, 2018 updated by: Amit Etkin, Stanford University

A Novel Neurobehavioral Intervention for Emotion Regulation in Anxiety and Depression

The research proposes to use an innovative solution to shape brain circuits that support executive function and emotion reactivity -using targeted neurobehavioral intervention.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants will be recruited locally in the San Francisco Bay area with certain symptoms of anxiety and depression. They will complete a clinical assessment and then take part in a cognitive-emotion training delivered online.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

68

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
        • VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS)
      • Stanford, California, United States, 94304
        • Stanford University Department of Pscyhiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of depression on the SCID, a total Ham-D≥16 and Ham-D anxiety/somatization subscale ≥ 7.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current medication for psychiatric disorders
  • Pregnant females
  • Head trauma or injury that resulted in loss of consciousness
  • MRI contraindication

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Computerized intervention
Participants will be asked to visit a customized website and engage in computerized exercises. Cognitive and emotion training games.
Behavioral: Computerized neurobehavioral intervention
Participants will complete the intervention by logging into a secure online website and complete computerized neurobehavioral tasks. Tasks will train the following - cognitive control, working memory and task shifting with two different tasks that engage these skills and positivity biases.
Sham Comparator: Control
Participants will be asked to visit a customized website and engage in computerized games.
Behavioral: Computerized neurobehavioral intervention
Participants will complete the intervention by logging into a secure online website and complete computerized neurobehavioral tasks. Tasks will train the following - cognitive control, working memory and task shifting with two different tasks that engage these skills and positivity biases.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Completion
Time Frame: 60 days
We anticipate that participants will complete at least 30-days of the intervention.
60 days
Proximal outcomes
Time Frame: 60 days
We anticipate that proximal measures of symptoms will show improvement following the training in terms of emotional reactivity, implicit emotion regulation, negative emotional memory bias, attentional bias for threat, executive functions behaviorally and N-back during fMRI as well as resting-state fMRI connectivity.
60 days
Distal outcomes
Time Frame: 5 months
We anticipate that anxiety and depression symptoms, explicit emotion regulation capacities and quality of life reported on self-report measures will show improvement.
5 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Stanford University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 7, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 8, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

June 12, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 7, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2018

Last Verified

September 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB-24813

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