One-Time brain training may ease social anxiety
NCT ID NCT07406321
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a single session of computer-based cognitive bias modification can reduce social anxiety in 130 Pakistani university students aged 18 to 25. Participants will either receive the active training or a control version, and their anxiety levels will be measured before and after. The goal is to see if changing how people interpret social situations can quickly lower anxiety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cognitive bias modification (a computer-based training task)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a quick, low-cost way to ease social anxiety in young adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small study with only one session of training. The effects may be small or not last long, and results may not apply to everyone with social anxiety.
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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 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 to 25 years * Social Phobia Inventory score greater than 19 * at least moderate severity on the DSM-5-TR Severity Measure for Social Anxiety Disorder-Adult * able to read study materials * provides written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * clinically elevated depressive symptoms on Beck Depression Inventory-II at or above prespecified cutoff \[above 16\] * clinically elevated general anxiety symptoms on the Beck Anxiety Inventory at or above prespecified cutoff \[ above 20\] * current medical or psychiatric condition likely to interfere with safe or valid participation * prior participation in this trial.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Gujrat
Dhok Gujra, Punjab Province, 51700, Pakistan
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