Condition

Social Anxiety Disorder clinical trials and research

• 28Clinical trials
• 5NIH research projects
• 10Countries

Newest Social Anxiety Disorder clinical trials

All recruiting trials (28)

• Anxiety Skills Study: See if video skill training plus therapy helps people with anxiety

  This study tests whether a brief video-based skill training can help people with anxiety as well as four therapy sessions, and how durable the effects are over a year.

  Recruiting Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio · NCT07774481

• taVNS Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

  This study tests whether non-invasive taVNS can help reduce social anxiety symptoms in adults with SAD.

  Recruiting Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine · Hangzhou, Zhejiang and 1 other locations · NCT07772401

• Metacognitive Therapy vs Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders

  This study asks people with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, or PTSD to share their experiences after trying metacognitive therapy or disorder-specific cognitive-behavioral therapy in a randomized trial.

  Recruiting Karolinska Institutet · Stockholm · NCT07382323

• VR exposure therapy versus sertraline for social anxiety in teens

  This study will test whether virtual reality exposure therapy or the medication sertraline works better for adolescents aged 12–17 with social anxiety.

  Recruiting Phase 4 Kocaeli University · Kocaeli · NCT07192367

• Mindful Self-Compassion delivered in person versus by video for anxiety and depression

  This project will see if an 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion class delivered in person or by video helps people with anxiety or depression have fewer symptoms.

  Recruiting Georgetown University · Washington D.C., District of Columbia · NCT07028216

• Stepped versus stratified care for anxiety in children and adolescents

  This project tests whether starting all 8–17-year-olds with anxiety on online CBT and adding in-person CBT only if needed (stepped care) works as well as assigning online or in-person CBT up front based on clinical complexity (stratified care).

  Recruiting Region Skane · Lund · NCT06942429

• Team-delivered exposure-based CBT for children and teens with anxiety and OCD

  This test tries three ways of delivering team-based exposure-focused CBT—in-person, by telehealth, or a flexible mix—to see which works best for kids and teens (ages 5–18) with anxiety or OCD.

  Recruiting Bradley Hospital · East Providence, Rhode Island · NCT06934525

• Virtual reality–enhanced CBT for social anxiety in autistic adults

  This program will see if adding virtual reality exposure and VR social-skills practice to CBT reduces social anxiety in adults with autism.

  Recruiting The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Houston, Texas · NCT06845488

• Using a smartphone app for exposure therapy in anxiety disorders

  This study is testing whether using a smartphone app can make exposure therapy more effective for people with anxiety compared to traditional therapy alone.

  Recruiting Universitat Jaume I · Castellon, Castellón · NCT06788119

• Internet-based treatment for anxiety and depression in adolescents

  This study is testing an online treatment for anxiety and depression in Romanian teenagers aged 13-17 to see if it helps them feel better and to find out which teens are most likely to benefit from it.

  Recruiting Babes-Bolyai University · Cluj-Napoca and 1 other locations · NCT06724666

• Understanding why some people benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy

  This study is trying to find out why some people with social anxiety and body dysmorphic disorder get better from cognitive behavioral therapy while others don’t, by looking at their brain scans and other information during treatment.

  Recruiting University of Washington · Seattle, Washington · NCT06678295

• Workshops to help undergraduates with social anxiety and public speaking fears

  This study is testing different workshop formats to see if they can help college students with social anxiety and fear of public speaking feel more comfortable and confident.

  Recruiting University of Colorado, Boulder · Boulder, Colorado · NCT06673407

• Online cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety

  This project will test whether an internet-delivered CBT program can help children and teens with anxiety feel less anxious.

  Recruiting Lund University · Kalmar, Region Kalmar Län · NCT06661460

• Neurofeedback-enhanced cognitive reappraisal training for young adults with anxiety

  This trial uses real-time fMRI neurofeedback to see if training the brain can help young adults with anxiety improve their emotion regulation and reappraisal skills.

  Recruiting University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, Michigan · NCT06563310

• Comparing in-person and virtual reality exposure for agoraphobia

  This trial will try in-person exposure versus virtual reality exposure to see which helps people with agoraphobia (with or without panic) reduce avoidance and anxiety.

  Recruiting Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · Mainz · NCT06514495

• Treatment for social anxiety in adolescents using cognitive therapy

  This study is testing if a new 10-session therapy for social anxiety can help teenagers feel better compared to regular counseling.

  Recruiting Tampere University · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · NCT06489639

• TMS to map the brain circuits of social motivation

  This project uses transcranial magnetic stimulation to test how brain circuits that drive social motivation work in adults aged 25–50 who avoid social situations or have depression or social anxiety.

  Recruiting Auburn University · Auburn, Alabama · NCT06274112

• Comparing two therapies for veterans with social anxiety disorder

  This study is testing whether a new therapy for social anxiety can help veterans feel better compared to the usual therapy they receive.

  Recruiting VA Office of Research and Development · Charleston, South Carolina · NCT05858346

• Predicting treatment outcomes in social anxiety disorder

  This study is trying to see if brain scans can help predict which adults with social anxiety disorder will benefit from group therapy.

  Recruiting Boston University Charles River Campus · Boston, Massachusetts · NCT05683223

• Mindful Self-Compassion training for anxiety and depression

  This study is testing if an 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion training program can help people with anxiety and depression feel better compared to those who don't take the training.

  Recruiting Georgetown University · Washington D.C., District of Columbia · NCT05671419

• Investigating brain and genetic changes in anxiety and OCD treatment

  This study is testing how a special 4-day therapy for OCD and other anxiety disorders affects both mental health and brain changes in patients, while also looking at their DNA.

  Recruiting Haukeland University Hospital · Bergen, Vestland · NCT05663489

• Evaluating CO2 Reactivity to Predict Response to Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders

  This study is testing whether measuring how people react to CO2 can help predict if adults with anxiety disorders will benefit from exposure therapy.

  Recruiting at 2 sites University of Texas at Austin · Boston, Massachusetts and 1 other locations · NCT05467683

• Comparing two therapies for treating anxiety disorders

  This study is testing two different therapies for anxiety to see which one helps people feel less anxious and improve their mental health better than just learning about anxiety.

  Recruiting University of Texas at Austin · Austin, Texas · NCT05427708

• Clinician-guided versus coach-guided self-help for social anxiety

  This program will test whether a Chinese internet-based CBT course with either clinician guidance or coach support can help Hong Kong adults with generalized social anxiety disorder.

  Recruiting Chinese University of Hong Kong · Shatin · NCT05292612

• Computer-based therapy for anxiety and alcohol use disorders

  This study is testing a computer-based therapy for people with both anxiety and alcohol use disorders to see if it helps them feel better compared to standard treatment.

  Recruiting University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, Minnesota · NCT05117255

• Evaluating the impact of self-help CBT in primary care behavioral health

  This study is testing if adding guided self-help therapy to regular mental health care can help patients feel better and improve their daily lives.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Linnaeus University · Varberg, Halland County and 3 other locations · NCT04900064

• Self-guided online therapy for patients with anxiety disorders

  This study tests whether a self-guided online therapy program can help people with anxiety feel better while they wait for in-person therapy.

  Recruiting Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Berlin · NCT04793828

• Computer-based therapy for social anxiety disorder

  A computer-based therapy is being tested to see if it helps people with social anxiety disorder feel less anxious in social situations.

  Recruiting New York State Psychiatric Institute · New York, New York · NCT04663724

NIH-funded research (5)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• Transdiagnostic Behavior Therapy for Veterans with Social Anxiety and PTSD Symptoms

  A clinical trial tests whether a flexible brain-behavior therapy helps veterans with social anxiety and PTSD symptoms feel better and engage more in daily life.

  NIH research Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center · Charleston, United States · NIH-11556448

• A New Way to Help Young People with Social Anxiety

  This project is developing a new, quick way to help young people who struggle with social anxiety.

  NIH research Children's Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, United States · NIH-11137619

• Comparing two types of therapy for veterans with social anxiety and PTSD

  This study is looking at whether a new type of therapy called Transdiagnostic Behavior Therapy can help veterans with Social Anxiety Disorder and PTSD feel better and reconnect with important activities and relationships, compared to traditional therapy that focuses on just one issue.

  NIH research Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center · Charleston, United States · NIH-10906671

• Developing a new treatment for social anxiety in young people

  This study is testing a new, gentle treatment for teens with Social Anxiety Disorder that helps them face their fears in a safe way, using hidden images to gradually reduce their anxiety, and it's designed especially for those who haven't found relief with other therapies.

  NIH research Children's Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, United States · NIH-10791667

• Investigating cannabidiol as a treatment for social anxiety disorder

  This study is looking at whether CBD, a natural compound from cannabis, can help people with social anxiety feel less anxious, and if you join, you'll either get CBD or a placebo to see how it affects your symptoms and brain activity.

  NIH research New York University School of Medicine · New York, United States · NIH-10706609

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Quick answers

How many Social Anxiety Disorder clinical trials are recruiting right now?

28, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 10 countries. The most sites are in United States (15 trials), Sweden (4 trials), Germany (2 trials), Spain (1 trial), Finland (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 4: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

How do I join one?

Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.

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