Recruiting

Online Intervention

Sponsor:

Utah State University

Code:

NCT07220941

Conditions

Misophonia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Acceptance and commitment therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to test an online intervention for adults with misophonia. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Is the online intervention effective, compared to a waitlist control condition?
2. Is the online intervention acceptable to use?

Participants will be randomized into either the online intervention or waitlist control condition:

1. Participants in the intervention condition will be asked to complete an 8 module acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) program for misophonia and 5 surveys over 4 months.
2. Participants in the waitlist condition will be asked to complete 5 surveys over 4 months, and will receive access to the intervention once the study is complete.

Conditions

Misophonia

Study ID

NCT07220941

Start date

Oct, 2025

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Currently meet clinical impairment for misophonia.
  • At least 18 years old.
  • Fluent English speakers.
  • Currently live or reside in the United States

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently receiving alternative psychotherapy for misophonia.
  • Currently modifying or starting psychotropic medication (within 30 days of starting the study).
  • Any psychological and/or neurological impairments that would preclude someone from participating in the study (e.g.,active self-harm or psychosis)

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: ACT online program

Participants will complete the 8-module fully automated digital intervention based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

no intervention: Waitlist Control

Waitlist condition; assessment only.

Interventions

Acceptance and commitment therapy

Participants will complete the 8-module fully automated digital intervention based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). The digital program is based off of an ACT protocol developed in a prior randomized controlled trial and adapted for digital self-help use (Bowers et al., 2024). Modules focus on focus on acceptance, cognitive defusion, present moment awareness, values clarification, and functional adaptations.

Primary outcome measure

  • Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome Scale (S-Five; Vitoratou et al., 2021) [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Emily M Bowers, M.S.

781-686-6091emily.bowers@usu.edu

Michael P Twohig, PhD

435-265-8933michael.twohig@usu.edu

Locations

Utah State University

Recruiting

Logan, Utah, United States, 84321

Contacts

Emily M Bowers, M.S.

781-686-6091emily.bowers@usu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Emily M Bowers, M.S.

More Information

Sponsor

Utah State University

Last update posted

Oct 24, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Keywords

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
  • Digital mental health intervention (DMHI)

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Utah State University on 2025-10-24.