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Status unknownNCT04129866M-IBMUpdated May 27, 2022

Mobile Interpretation Bias Modification Clinical Trial

An interventional study of M-IBM and Control-IBM in Anxiety Sensitivity and Suicidal Ideation, sponsored by University of Southern Mississippi. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-27.

Sponsored by University of Southern Mississippi · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2022), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
114
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The Mobile-Interpretation Bias Modification clinical trial aims to examine the efficacy of a brief mobile phone delivered interpretation bias modification to reduce anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns and suicidal ideation in National Guard Personnel. The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy, acceptability, and usability of M-IBM with a sample of 114 National Guardsmen with current suicidal ideation and elevated anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns. Participants will complete assessments, receive assistance on installing M- IBM on their phone, complete an M-IBM intervention session, and complete post-intervention assessments. Baseline measures of psychopathology, and usability/acceptability of M-IBM will be obtained during the initial session. In addition, 1-month, and 3-month follow-ups would be scheduled to examine changes in psychopathology. The investigators hypothesize that those randomized to M-IBM will experience reductions in anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns, suicidal ideation. In addition participants will find M-IBM acceptable and easy to use.

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Conditions studied

  • Anxiety Sensitivity
  • Suicidal Ideation

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In context

Suicidal Ideation

515 studies on the registry are indexed under Suicidal Ideation; 195 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 114 is above the median of 80 across 426 interventional studies indexed under Suicidal Ideation.

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Lead sponsor

University of Southern Mississippi is the lead sponsor of 13 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Elevated ASCC (>2) and include only Guard members who also have current SI (> 0) .
  • Ownership of a smartphone

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • those determined by military or study personnel to be actively psychotic, manic, or imminently suicidal and in need of emergency services
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
114 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    M-IBM

    M-IBM is based on a slightly modified version of the word sentence association paradigm focused on words and sentences related to common concerns among those with elevated anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns (i.e., losing control of mental processes).

    Behavioral: M-IBM

  • Placebo comparator
    Control IBM

    Control-IBM is identical to M-IBM except that the sentence that follows the cue word is not related to an anxious-threat interpretation of the cue word.

    Behavioral: Control-IBM

Interventions

  • BehavioralM-IBM

    In this paradigm, an ambiguous word or two-word phrase related to ASCC is followed by a sentence that resolves the word-sentence meaning as threatening or benign. For example, participants are presented with an ambiguous word or two-word phrase for 1 second. On half the trials the combination of the word/phrase and sentence creates a benign meaning (as in the previous example). On the other half of trials this combination creates an anxious-threat meaning Participants are required to judge the relatedness of the word/phrase and the sentence. Participants are given feedback during training such that judging the anxious-threat combinations to be "unrelated" and the benign combinations as being "related" would produce a "correct" response. In contrast, if participants produce an "incorrect" response they see "incorrect".

  • BehavioralControl-IBM

    Placebo IBM where sentences are not related to anxious threat meaning of cue word.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 Cognitive Concerns Subscale

    Range 0 - 24, Higher Scores mean more pathology

    Time frame: 30 minutes

  2. Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 Cognitive Concerns Subscale

    Range 0 - 24, Higher Scores mean more pathology

    Time frame: 1 month post intervention

  3. Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 Cognitive Concerns Subscale

    Range 0 - 24, Higher Scores mean more pathology

    Time frame: 3 months post intervention

  4. The Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview

    Time frame: 1 month post intervention

  5. The Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview

    Time frame: 3 months post intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Southern Mississippi
    Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0002, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 27, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04129866
Lead sponsor
University of Southern Mississippi
Collaborators
Military Suicide Research Consortium
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 17, 2019
Start date
Dec 15, 2019
Primary completion
Mar 29, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 29, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
May 27, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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