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Could checking in on symptoms each session boost therapy outcomes?
NCT ID NCT06671158
First seen Jun 29, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether measurement-based care — where therapists regularly track symptoms using questionnaires — adds extra benefit to weekly psychotherapy for adults with depression or anxiety. Participants are randomly assigned to measurement-based care, standard therapy, or a waitlist. The goal is to see if this structured monitoring leads to better mood, less anxiety, and improved quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- measurement-based care (regular symptom tracking during psychotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could make routine psychotherapy more personalized and effective for people with depression or anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-site study. The added benefit of measurement-based care over standard therapy may be modest or hard to detect.
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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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89 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: 1. Primary concern and referral reason for seeking psychotherapy are either depressive- or anxiety-related symptoms and/or psychological distress, using minimum scores as follows: PHQ-9 (score \> 4), GAD-7 (score \> 4), and BASE-6 (score \> 18), and 2. being 18 years old or older. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Severe physical or psychiatric conditions that would hinder the treatment (e.g., clients with acute psychosis, intellectual disability, or neurocognitive disorders who do not have the capacity to undergo informed consent and participate in the study); 2. currently receiving psychotherapy through another source; 3. significant suicidal/homicidal risk that would need immediate intervention; 4. do not have ability complete Patient-Rated Outcome Measures (PROMs) either in person or remotely
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Carilion Mental Health
Roanoke, Virginia, 24018, United States
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