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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New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York, United States, 10032

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New York State Psychiatric Institute

New York, New York, United States, 10032