Go-OSCA Trial: Examining the Efficacy of OSCA for the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents
This study will compare the efficacy and acceptability of internet-delivered therapist-assisted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for adolescent social anxiety, called OSCA (Online Social anxiety Cognitive therapy for Adolescents) to standard treatment. The standard treatment is another form of CBT, called Graded CBT, typically delivered face-to-face.
Young people aged 11-18 years referred for treatment of social anxiety in an NHS-commissioned service will be offered the chance to take part in the trial where they will be randomly allocated to receive one of these treatments. Participants will have 6 study-related assessments: at baseline, and at 6-, 16-, 26-, 40-, and 66-weeks post randomisation, as well as routine assessments throughout treatment. These will include standard outcome measures used in NHS-treatment, and additional assessments of social anxiety symptoms and processes, functioning, and health econometrics.
Acceptability of OSCA will be assessed through clinician interviews and clinician and family programme usage data. We will examine whether any observed benefits of OSCA are associated with the process measures targeted in the treatment.
