New anxiety program for ICU survivors shows promise in early trial
NCT ID NCT06341972
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests a self-management program based on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people who survived acute respiratory failure and now struggle with anxiety. Sixty ICU survivors will either receive the program or usual care. The goal is to see if the program is practical and reduces anxiety symptoms.
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 based self-management program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a practical way to reduce anxiety and improve mental health for people who survive severe breathing problems in the ICU.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 60 people, so results may not apply to everyone. It is testing feasibility, not yet proven to work.
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Study facts
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- 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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
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.
- 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: * ≥18 years old * English speaking and not aphasic * ARF with mechanical ventilation via endotracheal tube \> 24 hours * Expected hospital stay of \>7 days at time of eligibility * Alert (ie, Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale sedation score = -1, 0, or 1) * Not delirious (ie, negative Confusion Assessment Method -ICU score) * Presence of anxiety symptoms (Visual Analog Scale-Anxiety score ≥50)\*\* Exclusion Criteria: * Pre-existing cognitive impairment (AD-8 score ≥2) * History of major psychiatric illness (i.e., psychotic disorder, bi-polar disorder, suicide attempt in past 24 months, pervasive developmental disorder, active substance use disorder) * Declines or incapable of informed consent * Anticipated discharge to hospice, primary focus on palliative care, or \>90% probability of in-hospital death
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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