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Social Anxiety Disorder: later-stage trial registry

18 of 33 indexed Social Anxiety Disorder trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

Corpus placement: #463 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

33 US clinical trials · 18 currently recruiting · #463 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Social Anxiety Disorder: 33 US clinical trials tracked, 18 recruiting.

Social Anxiety Disorder is the subject of 33 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 18 of them currently open to new participants. 7 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Georgetown University, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition social-anxiety-disorder

OPEN 18 | RECR 55% | LATE 7 | EARLY 4 | RANK #463 | SPON 3

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Social Anxiety Disorder

Social Anxiety Disorder lists 18 open slots (55% of 33 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Social Anxiety Disorder on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Social Anxiety Disorder is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    18 of 33 indexed trials (54.5%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Social Anxiety Disorder trials is spread across many organizations.

    Georgetown University accounts for 3 of 33 trials (9.1%). 29 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Social Anxiety Disorder enrolment sits around 97 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 97 among the 33 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 17 of those (51.5%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Social Anxiety Disorder research is mostly interventional.

    33 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 23Phase 35Phase 42

Open and recent trials

33 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 600 participants

CO2 Reactivity as a Biomarker of Non-Response to Exposure-Based Therapy

University of Texas at Austin

NCT05467683

RECRUITING Phase 3 308 participants

P3b Short-term Study of CTN in Patients With ADHD and Comorbid Anxiety

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization

NCT06973577

RECRUITING NA 264 participants

Comparing TBT to Disorder-Specific Psychotherapy in Veterans With Social Anxiety Disorder

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05858346

RECRUITING NA 256 participants

Validating an Autonomous Interactive Internet-Based Delivery of an Empirically Supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Comorbidity

University of Minnesota

NCT05117255

RECRUITING NA 240 participants

Neural Markers of Treatment Mechanisms and Prediction of Treatment Outcomes in Social Anxiety

Boston University Charles River Campus

NCT05683223

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Group Exposure Workshops for Socially Anxious Undergraduates

University of Colorado, Boulder

NCT06673407

RECRUITING NA 180 participants

Respiratory Training in the Treatment of Transdiagnostic Pathological Anxiety

University of Texas at Austin

NCT05427708

RECRUITING NA 160 participants

Individual Factors of CBT Underlying Success

University of Washington

NCT06678295

RECRUITING NA 139 participants

Internet-delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents With Autism and Anxiety

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT06537128

RECRUITING NA 110 participants

Neurofeedback Enhanced Cognitive Reappraisal Training - Phase 4

University of Michigan

NCT06563310

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Very Brief Exposure: Development of a Novel Exposure Modality for Social Anxiety Disorder in Transition-Age Youth

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

NCT06526260

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Mindful Self-compassion for Anxiety and Depression: Impact of Delivery Method

Georgetown University

NCT07028216

RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

A Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of a Repeat Dose of Fasedienol Nasal Spray for the Acute Treatment of Anxiety in Adults With Social Anxiety Disorder

VistaGen Therapeutics

NCT06809179

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Targeting Social Function in Anxiety and Eating Disorders

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT06198023

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Attention Bias Modification Training for Social Phobia (ABMSP)

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

NCT06054386

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Using TMS to Understand Neural Processes of Social Motivation

Auburn University

NCT06274112

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Application of Virtual Reality Technology to Treatment of Social Anxiety

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT06845488

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Mindful Self-Compassion for Anxiety Disorders and Depression

Georgetown University

NCT05671419

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 238 participants

Fasedienol Nasal Spray for the Acute Treatment of Anxiety in Adults With Social Anxiety Disorder (PALISADE-3)

VistaGen Therapeutics

NCT06358651

COMPLETED NA 559 participants

Building an Outcomes Assessment Infrastructure to Assess Anxiety Treatment

Mclean Hospital

NCT02305537

COMPLETED Phase 3 370 participants

Efficacy of BNC210 in Acute, As-needed Treatment of Anxiety in Social Anxiety Disorder - 1

Bionomics Limited

NCT06510504

COMPLETED Phase 2 239 participants

Cannabidiol (CBD) for the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder

EmpowerPharm

NCT05600114

COMPLETED NA 150 participants

Effects of Therapeutic Mobile Game on Anxiety

Hunter College of City University of New York

NCT05240794

COMPLETED Phase 3 150 participants

Adding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Drug Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder

Temple University

NCT00074802

COMPLETED NA 97 participants

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for the Treatment of Social Phobia

Georgia State University

NCT02379949

COMPLETED NA 65 participants

Computerized Treatment for Social Anxiety

Florida State University

NCT03101553

COMPLETED Phase 1 60 participants

Effect of Oxytocin Nasal Sprays on Social Behavior in Social Anxiety Disorder

Stefan G. Hofmann

NCT01856530

COMPLETED Phase 2 60 participants

Cannabidiol as a Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder (R61)

NYU Langone Health

NCT05571592

COMPLETED Phase 4 50 participants

Study To Evaluate The Effects Of Gabitril™ In Patients With Social Anxiety Disorder

Emory University

NCT00208741

COMPLETED NA 45 participants

Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Physiological Response to Unpredictable Stimuli

Georgetown University

NCT03206437

COMPLETED NA 44 participants

Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Scripts for Social Phobia

Penn State University

NCT04850989

COMPLETED Phase 4 40 participants

Adjunctive Quetiapine in the Treatment of Refractory Social Anxiety Disorder in Adults

Cambridge Health Alliance

NCT01224067

COMPLETED Phase 3 40 participants

Yohimbine to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Social Anxiety

Southern Methodist University

NCT00958880

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 3
Phase 3 5
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Social Anxiety Disorder records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
4 trials
Mindful Self-Compassion Behavioral
2 trials
Pico Goblin VR headset Device
1 trials
Exposure Group Therapy Behavioral
1 trials
McLean Anxiety Mastery Program Behavioral
1 trials
Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Behavioral
1 trials
Sugar Pill Drug
1 trials
225 mg BNC210 Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Social Anxiety Disorder trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Texas 8 trials
Massachusetts 8 trials
New York 7 trials
Florida 6 trials
California 6 trials
Pennsylvania 5 trials
Georgia 3 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Social Anxiety Disorder page

33 registered trials, 18 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 18 Social Anxiety Disorder trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Georgetown University sponsors the most Social Anxiety Disorder trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Georgetown University's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Social Anxiety Disorder condition card totals 33 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state Texas. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.