New therapy aims to help teens tame the voices they hear
NCT ID NCT07314515
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a 10-session talking therapy for young people who hear voices. The therapy, based on compassion-focused therapy, also involves a caregiver in 5 sessions. Researchers will measure how distressing the voices are and how much control the young person feels over them. The goal is to see if this approach can be used in everyday mental health care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- compassion-focused therapy (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new, practical therapy to help young people feel less distressed by voices and more in control.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no control group, so results may not be definitive. The therapy may not work for 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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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
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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13 to 21 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The participants should have been referred to a child and adolescent psychiatric hospital in Denmark . * The participants have heard voices within the last 2 weeks. * The participant can hear the content of the voices. The content takes the form of spoken works. * A caregiver who can participate in 5 sessions Exclusion Criteria: * Participants has an estimated IQ under 70 * Participants who don't speak and understand Danish, * Current drug misuse / abuse (during sessions) * Brain injury or neurological disorder e.g. severe epilepsy * Impaired vision or hearing to a degree that makes participation in therapy under normal conditions impossible.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Psychiatriatric Children and Youth Hospital
Esbjerg, Denmark
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