Completed

Child and Family Therapy for Anxiety-Disordered Youth

What is being tested

Data Collection

Who is being recruted

Anxiety Disorders

+ Mental Disorders

From 9 to 13 Years

See all eligibility criteria

How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2 & 3

Interventional

Study Start: July 2000

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Summary

Principal SponsorTemple University

Last updated: January 18, 2026

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Study start date: July 1, 2000

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Children and their parents will complete a comprehensive diagnostic assessment to determine eligibility. The assessment will include an individual diagnostic interview with the child, interviews with the parents, and written observations of the child from family members and teachers. Participants will then be randomly assigned to receive individual cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT), family CBT (FCBT), or education/support/attention (ESA) for 5 months. Children in the ICBT group will meet individually with a therapist. In the FCBT and ESA treatment groups, children and their parents will meet weekly with a therapist. At the end of treatment and 1 year following treatment completion, families will complete another assessment to determine the effectiveness of each treatment at reducing short- and long-term anxiety symptoms in their children.

Official TitleChild and Family Therapy for Anxiety-Disordered Youth

NCT00081406

Principal SponsorTemple University

Last updated: January 18, 2026

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Protocol

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

Design Details

150 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Conditions

Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 9 to 13 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Anxiety DisordersMental Disorders

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Child with DSM-IV criteria for separation anxiety disorder, social phobia, or generalized anxiety disorder Exclusion Criteria for Child Participants: * IQ less than 80 * Current use of anti-anxiety or antidepressant medications * Psychotic symptoms * Child and/or parent is non-English speaking

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Suspended

Temple University Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic

Philadelphia, United StatesSee the location

CompletedOne Study Center