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Coping Effectiveness Training for ALS

NCT01583205 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2014-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators propose to adapt and pilot test a behavioral intervention for recently diagnosed patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and/or a family care partner. ALS fatal neurodegenerative disease, the diagnosis of which can have a devastating impact on patients and their families. Our eight session intervention is derived from Coping Effectiveness Training, a manualized intervention based on stress and coping theory. It is designed to strengthen coping skills and alleviate distress following diagnosis.

Participants (patients and/or care partners) will be recruited from the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Research Center, Columbia University. The main outcomes are changes in distress level, depression and anxiety symptoms, and coping self-efficacy.

Once the investigators gain preliminary experience with the manual, get some sense of feasibility and acceptance, and learn about patient and care partner reactions, the investigators will be better able to prepare a grant application seeking NIH support for the development of the intervention, with the eventual goal of a multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Coping Effectiveness Training - ALS

Eight coping effectiveness training counseling sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Columbia University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin C McElhiney, Ph.D. · New York State Psychiatric Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2013-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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