Designing and Testing a Family Therapy for Adolescent Depression
Family Therapy for Adolescent Depression: Deployment Focused Development, Phase 1
2 other identifiers
interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This study will design and test a cognitive behavioral therapy for depressed adolescents that uses family interactions to help with treatment.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_1 depression
Started Apr 2009
Typical duration for phase_1 depression
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 23, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 24, 2009
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2012
CompletedApril 18, 2013
April 1, 2013
3.6 years
March 23, 2009
April 16, 2013
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale
Measured pre- and post-intervention
Study Arms (2)
1
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will receive a cognitive behavioral family therapy for adolescent depression to be developed in this study.
2
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipants will receive treatment as usual 1 year prior to the experimental treatment group.
Interventions
11 to 15 sessions of a cognitive behavioral family therapy that will be developed during the course of this study and will address the following: * parent-adolescent conflict * adolescent development * support and closeness * behavioral activation * response to adolescent negative affect * relapse prevention * suicide prevention, if necessary
Treatment as usual, which will most likely consist of 8 to 10 sessions of community-based depression treatment
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Family with an adolescent between 14 and 18 years of age and at least one parent or permanent guardian with whom the adolescent resides
- Family's primary concerns include depressive symptoms
- Adolescent has a score above 24 on the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale
- Family will be seeking services at the community mental health center that is associated with the study
You may not qualify if:
- Adolescents presenting with evidence of severe difficulties associated with comorbid conditions, such that the focus of treatment would need to shift to nonaffective symptoms
- Adolescents evidencing symptoms of mania or psychoses or with suicidal behaviors requiring inpatient care
- Adolescents with cognitive limitations of severity that will preclude meaningful participation in the study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (2)
Options Counseling
Eugene, Oregon, 97403, United States
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, Oregon, 97403, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Lisa B. Sheeber, PhD
Oregon Research Institute
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 23, 2009
First Posted
March 24, 2009
Study Start
April 1, 2009
Primary Completion
November 1, 2012
Study Completion
December 1, 2012
Last Updated
April 18, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-04