Status:
COMPLETED
A Clinical Trial of IPT-A to Prevent Suicide in Depressed Adolescents With Suicidal Behavior
Lead Sponsor:
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Conditions:
Unipolar Depression
Dysthymia
Eligibility:
All Genders
12-19 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The investigators are adapting Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-A) for adolescents who are referred to emergency services either for a suicide attempt or for being evaluated as high risk for suicidal ...
Detailed Description
All treatment will be done on the Children's Day Unit (CDU) and the adolescent and his/her family need to agree to participate in the CDU program. The acute phase is biweekly for 8 weeks followed by w...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Males and females ages 12-19 years
- English speaking adolescent
- Parent may be monolingual or bilingual in Spanish
- DSM-IV diagnosis of MDD, dysthymia, DDNOS
- Moderate impairment in functioning
- Moderate to severe depression severity
- Expressed risk for suicide or reported non-medically lethal attempt. Non-lethal attempt is defined as an attempt that did not require medical hospitalization but may require psychiatric hospitalization which often includes being in the Emergency Room for several days because there was no bed available.
Exclusion
- Suicide attempt in the past 4 months with medical lethality that requires hospitalization which often includes being in the ER for several days because there was no bed available.
- Severe impairment in functioning
- Diagnoses of Substance abuse, Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,Conduct disorder, primary eating disorder, Psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder,
- Engagement in self-injurious that requires medical treatment in the past month
- Mental retardation or severe learning disability
- Medical illness that may interfere with treatment
- Current physical or sexual abuse
- Open Administration for Children's Services (ACS) case
- Pregnancy
- Already receiving treatment for depression or have begun a medication trial for another diagnosis within the previous three months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01447602
Start Date
September 1 2011
End Date
June 1 2014
Last Update
September 4 2014
Active Locations (2)
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1
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, United States, 10032
2
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, United States, 10032