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Treatment of Depressed Adolescents With Physical Illness

NCT00446238 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2014-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is a randomized trial of cognitive-behavioral intervention (CBI) for eligible adolescents who have Inflammatory Bowel Disease and subsyndromal depressive symptoms, but who did not meet diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder at the time of randomization into the study.

Hypotheses

1. This preliminary randomized trial will demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale research initiative.
2. Subjects will experience no adverse events, and the CBI group will demonstrate improved negative cognitions, depressive symptomatology, and functioning at the post-intervention and 6- through 12-month follow-ups.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT enhanced with physical illness narrative, family education, and social skills components.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard of Community Care Treatment

Treatment as usual for depression and related symptoms provided within the community.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD · University of Pittsburgh / Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

  • David DeMaso, MD · Harvard University / Children's Hospital Boston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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