Actively Recruiting
Tele-PROTECT Therapy: Effectiveness, Empowerment, and Implementation
Led by Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Updated on 2025-08-20
140
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
275 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
W
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Lead Sponsor
N
New York City Department for the Aging
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this randomized trial is to conduct a fully powered effectiveness trial of video-delivered PROTECT (Tele-PROTECT) compared to a video-delivered depression education (DepEd) control condition to be delivered to 140 English- and Spanish-speaking NYC elder abuse victims. Investigators hypothesize three main aims: 1. Effectiveness Aim: Tele-PROTECT participants will have significantly greater and clinically meaningful reductions in depression when compared to the DepEd control; 2. Abuse Impact Aim: Tele-PROTECT participants will demonstrate greater safety related empowerment compared to DepEd control, which can help participants take steps to reduce risk; 3. Implementation Aim: Stakeholders' views of the factors impacting the implementation of Tele-PROTECT based on characteristics of the intervention, agency setting, and population served will contribute to a national dissemination of Tele-PROTECT Participants will * Receive 9 weeks of tele health psychotherapy delivered by a Master's level mental health clinician from the Weill Cornell Medicine research team. Participants will be assigned to "Tele-PROTECT" or "DepEd" psychotherapy randomly. * Participate in one baseline assessment and four follow-up assessments at weeks 3, 6, 9, and 12 administered by a trained member of the research team.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Tele-PROTECT Therapy: Effectiveness, Empowerment, and Implementation
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- 60 years of age or older
- Capacity to consent as determined by elder abuse staff
- Depression with PHQ-9 score of 10 or higher indicating mild to moderate severity
- Verified need for elder abuse services by elder abuse case worker
You will not qualify if you...
- Active suicidal ideation with high severity (MADRS item 10 score 4 or above)
- Inability to speak English or Spanish
- Diagnoses other than unipolar depression or comorbid generalized anxiety disorder
- Mini-MOCA cognitive screening score below 11
- Severe or life-threatening medical illness
- Emergency elder abuse situations or referral out of elder abuse agency
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, United States, 10065
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Jo Anne Sirey, Ph.D
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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