AI steps in to rewrite painful memories for anxiety relief
NCT ID NCT07565714
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether AI-generated audio stories can help people with anxiety and fear of failure. Forty adults will listen to personalized scenarios based on childhood memories of criticism, with one version including a therapeutic twist where a supportive figure steps in. The goal is to see if this AI-assisted technique can reduce anxiety, rumination, and fear of failure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Imagery rescripting intervention (behavioral) using AI-generated audio scenarios
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new, scalable way to deliver therapy for anxiety and rumination using AI.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 40 participants. The AI-generated scripts may not be as effective as therapist-created ones, and results may not apply to broader populations.
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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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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 to 35 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: * Age 18-35 * Score ≥ 8 on GAD-7 (Plummer et al., 2016) * Ability to recall at least two childhood memories involving parental criticism Exclusion Criteria: * History of prolonged physical or sexual abuse * Current psychotherapy or psychopharmacology * PTSD diagnosis (DSM-5 screening) * Substance abuse (TAPS tool)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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SWPS University (University of Social Sciences and Humanities); Poznań Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience
RECRUITINGPoznan, Wielkopolska, 61-619, Poland
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SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities; Poznań Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience
RECRUITINGPoznan, Wielkopolska, 61-619, Poland
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