Mobile Interpretation Bias Modification Clinical Trial (M-IBM)

University of Southern Mississippi

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Suicidal Ideation; Anxiety Sensitivity

Treatments: Behavioral: M-IBM; Behavioral: Control-IBM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04129866

W81XWH-16-2-0004 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Mobile-Interpretation Bias Modification clinical trial aims to examine the efficacy of a brief mobile phone delivered interpretation bias modification to reduce anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns and suicidal ideation in National Guard Personnel. The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy, acceptability, and usability of M-IBM with a sample of 114 National Guardsmen with current suicidal ideation and elevated anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns. Participants will complete assessments, receive assistance on installing M- IBM on their phone, complete an M-IBM intervention session, and complete post-intervention assessments. Baseline measures of psychopathology, and usability/acceptability of M-IBM will be obtained during the initial session. In addition, 1-month, and 3-month follow-ups would be scheduled to examine changes in psychopathology. The investigators hypothesize that those randomized to M-IBM will experience reductions in anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns, suicidal ideation. In addition participants will find M-IBM acceptable and easy to use.

Enrollment: 114 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elevated ASCC (>2) and include only Guard members who also have current SI (> 0) .
• Ownership of a smartphone

Exclusion criteria

• those determined by military or study personnel to be actively psychotic, manic, or imminently suicidal and in need of emergency services

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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114 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

M-IBM

Experimental group

Description:

M-IBM is based on a slightly modified version of the word sentence association paradigm focused on words and sentences related to common concerns among those with elevated anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns (i.e., losing control of mental processes).

Treatment:

Behavioral: M-IBM

Control IBM

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Control-IBM is identical to M-IBM except that the sentence that follows the cue word is not related to an anxious-threat interpretation of the cue word.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control-IBM