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Parent Management Training to Treat Irritability

NCT06020261 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2026-01-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to see if 12 sessions of a Parent Management Training program can treat irritability in children aged 10-14 years old. The main question it aims to answer are:

* Can a Parent Management Training for parents reduce anger outbursts and cranky moods in their children?
* Can Parent Management Training be done in an outpatient clinic and do parents like it?

Up to 18 families can join this study. This study will be used to set up a larger study in the Fall of 2025.

Parent participants will complete 12 sessions of Parent Management Training for Irritability. Each session will be 45-55 minutes weekly. They will also participate in the assessments of their child before, during and after treatment.

Child participants will do assessments before, during and after the Parent Management Training treatment.

Conditions

  • Anger
  • Irritable Mood
  • Temper Tantrum

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Management Training

developing parenting skills and competencies dealing with oppositional and irritable behaviors in the child.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Colorado, Denver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joel Stoddard, MD · University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

  • Joel Stoddard, MD · University of Colorado Denver Anschutz

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-06-12
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-12-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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