Can early therapy keep anxiety and depression away for years?
NCT ID NCT05766072
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows up on 217 children who took part in a cognitive behavioral therapy program for anxiety and depression 5 years earlier. Researchers want to see if the program helped prevent these conditions from developing or worsening over time. The children, now teenagers, will be assessed for symptoms and diagnoses of anxiety and depression.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) group program for children and parents
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that early CBT prevents anxiety and depression from becoming long-term problems, reducing the need for treatment later in life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a follow-up study with no new treatment, so results depend on the original intervention's lasting power. The study is small (217 participants) and observational, so findings may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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217 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Finished
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Apr 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 to 22 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Participants who participated in the previous randomized controlled TIM study (children then aged 8- 12 years selfreporing elevated symptom levels of anxiety and/or depression) Exclusion Criteria: * all earlier participats from the TIM study may enter the follow up study * participants who chose to not participate in the 5-year follow-up of the TIM study are excluded from the follow-up study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Oslo
Oslo, Norge, 0373, Norway
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