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Comparing Engage to PST for Late Life Depression

NCT02086201 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 262

Last updated 2021-06-29

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Summary

This is a non-inferiority trial of Engage, a new intervention for late-life depression, and problem solving therapy (PST). Patient participants will be randomized to either Engage or PST and receive 9 weeks of either intervention. Interview assessments will be collected at baseline and weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 26, and 36. Clinician participants, social workers from mental health agencies, will be randomized to receive training and certification in either Engage or PST.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Problem Solving Therapy

PST is a behavioral intervention for depression that is delivered by trained therapists over a 9 week period. It consists of a process to help patients understand and then solve the problems in their lives they feel is contributing to their depression.

BEHAVIORAL

Engage

Engage is a weekly behavioral intervention that is delivered over a 9 week period of time by trained therapists. The focus of Engage is to help patient reconnect with activities that they have lost interest in pursuing due to depression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Patricia Arean, PhD · UW

  • George Alexopoulos, M.D. · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2020-03-31
Completion
2020-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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