Interventional Study of Anxiety Symptoms in the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Patient

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety

In brief

This study will compare the effectiveness that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has on decreasing the amount of anxiety, as well as the number of inappropriate firings that a patient with an ICD may experience.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00851071

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

28

Starts

2009-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-20

Last updated by the study team

2017-12-22

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Currently has an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Experiences moderate to high anxiety as demonstrated by the the scores on the questionnaires that will be administered

You may not qualify if…

• Unwilling to comply with follow-up requirements at 3, 6 and 12 months.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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