AI could revolutionize online therapy by predicting who benefits most
NCT ID NCT05758285
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study used artificial intelligence to predict how engaged people would be in online therapy and how much their symptoms would improve. Researchers analyzed data from over 6,600 adults who took part in a digital psychotherapy program. The goal was to create fair and accurate AI tools that account for differences like gender, ethnicity, and severity of mental health issues.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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6,671 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
Participants at the publicly funded, internet-delivered, cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT) program in Saskatchewan, Canada. The program provides symptom screenings and an eight-week transdiagnostic iCBT program called the Wellbeing Course. In Saskatchewan, this transdiagnostic iCBT program has been integrated into the public mental health care, for example by assigning clinicians in community mental health clinics to the Online Therapy Unit and by encouraging therapists to direct patients to this service. Data was collected as part of research trials in the Online Therapy Unit from 2013 to 2021.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants that were screened as eligible to take part in a Wellbeing Course trial offered at the Online Therapy Unit between Nov 4 2013 and Dec 21 2021. * Participants that consented to the use of their data to evaluate and improve iCBT services. * Accessed Lesson 1 of the course content and completed baseline questionnaires. Exclusion Criteria: * Data will only be excluded in case of errors in data collection
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital Basel, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine
Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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