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Compassion Focused Therapy for Depression and anxiety.

A pilot randomized controlled trial of compassion focused therapy for depression and anxiety. - A pilot RCT of CFT for depression and anxiety.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000043905
Enrollment
24
Registered
2021-05-06
Start date
2021-05-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

12 weeks of Compassion Focused Therapy (60 minutes per session) Treatment as usual(12 weeks)

Sponsors

National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with major depressive disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, or generalized anxiety disorder in MINI 2) Have more than mild depressive symptoms (14 points or more on BDI-II) 3) Age between 20 and 65 years old at the time of screening

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 4) Patients with alcohol or substance dependence within last 6 months 5) Patients with manic episodes, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders at the time of pre-intervention assessment. 6) Patients who have suicidal ideation at the time of the pre-intervention assessment. 7) Patients with severe physical illness or cognitive impairment at the time of the pre-intervention evaluation. 8) Patients who will be difficult to visit the hospital more than 50%. 9) Patients receiving other structured psychotherapy at the time of the pre-intervention evaluation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Depressive symptoms as measured by the BDI-II at 13 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. severity of subjective anxiety symptoms at 13 weeks (GAD-7) 2. severity of subjective depressive symptoms at 13-week (PHQ-9) 3. quality of life at 13 weeks (EQ-5D) 4. treatment response rate at 13-week (13-week BDI-II score reduction of 50% or more compared to baseline) 5. remission rate at 13-week (BDI-II score of 13 or less at 13 weeks)

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKenichi Asano

National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research

kenichi-asano@ncnp.go.jp042-341-2711

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026