Pilot Study of Virtual Reality Therapy for Students With Anxiety

Part of paid clinical trials in Houston, Texas.

Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Study ID
NCT05319509
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Anxiety

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 30 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • gameChange — DEVICE
    Staff will explain the rationale behind gameChange, and briefly explain the different scenarios: a doctor's office, a waiting room, a pub, a café, a grocery store, a public street and a bus. Each scenario contains five levels, each increasing with anxiety stimuli and certain tasks the participant must complete. The participant will put on the Oculus headset, and go through a preliminary orientation game. The headset will be casted to an external monitor. Once they start gameChange, it will take the participants to the virtual therapist's room. They will be asked to choose which scenario they would like to participate in first and will complete all five levels for one scenario. Research staff will be taking event sampling-style observations of the participant. After completion of the levels, the participant will return to the virtual therapist's room for debriefing, and then will be asked to exit the game.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to assess changes in self-reported anxiety over the course of six virtual reality (VR) sessions and to assess changes in academic self-efficacy, as well as examine the feasibility and acceptability of a relatively short and time intensive VR intervention (i.e.,six sessions over the course of three weeks) for reducing anxiety symptoms in college students.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 1, 2022
Status verified
Jun 2025
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2027
Completion
Aug 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: gameChange

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in state anxiety as assessed by the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Self Report version (LSAS-SR) [ Time Frame: before first session in week 1, before third session in week 2 and before sixth session in week 3 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTexas77030
Tsai Jack, PhD
[email protected]
210-276-9022
Abigail Lipe
[email protected]
210-722-8218

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