Exposure, D-cycloserine Enhancement, and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in Snake Phobics

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the present study is to determine whether people receiving d-cycloserine and exposure therapy show different brain reactions to symptom provocation compared to people receiving placebo and exposure therapy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hartford Hospital
• Treatments: Cycloserine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary diagnosis of specific phobia (snakes)

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or mania

• Recent substance abuse or suicidality

• Previous receipt of study treatments