Combination of Active or Placebo Attentional Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) to Either Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) or Psychoeducational Control Intervention (PCI) for Anxiety Disorders in Children

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Social Anxiety Disorder; Separation Anxiety Disorder

Treatments: Other: Attentional Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) - Active; Other: Attentional Bias Modification Treatment - Placebo; Behavioral: Psychoeducational Control Intervention; Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01687764

HCPA11-0249

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this project is to test the combination of active or placebo Attentional Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) to either Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) or Psychoeducational Control Intervention (PCI) for anxiety disorders in children.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Separation Anxiety Disorder (SeAD) or Social Anxiety Disorder (SoAD) according to KSADS-PL psychiatric interview

Exclusion criteria

• Other psychiatric disorder that causes more impairment and suffering than GAD, SeAD or SoAD in the clinical evaluation
• Current or previous treatment (behavioral or pharmacological) for a psychaitric disorder in childhood
• IQ < 70 (Raven)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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90 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

CBGT+ABMT(active)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

Other: Attentional Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) - Active

CBGT+ABMT(placebo)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

Other: Attentional Bias Modification Treatment - Placebo

PCI+ABMT(active)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychoeducational Control Intervention

Other: Attentional Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) - Active

PCI+ABMT(placebo)

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychoeducational Control Intervention

Other: Attentional Bias Modification Treatment - Placebo