Optimizing CBT Implementation Among Community Providers Through Internet-based Consultation and Networking (i-CAN)

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Optimizing CBT Implementation Among Community Providers Through Internet-based Consultation and Networking (i-CAN)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05580081
• Other study ID #: A22-0473
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• Contact: Susan W White, PhD
• Phone: 2053481967
• Email: swwhite1[@]ua.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Although anxiety is one of the most common and debilitating mental health conditions affecting children and adolescents, the vast majority of sufferers do not receive effective treatment. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based, frontline treatment for pediatric anxiety, yet many community-based practitioners do not implement CBT with high fidelity, which can detrimentally affect its clinical impact. The goal of this study is to develop and test an online platform to support community providers' effective use of CBT for pediatric anxiety.

Description:

Stemming from implementation science and, specifically, the Theory of Planned Behavior, investigators are working alongside community stakeholders to develop a novel, online consultation platform. This platform, termed Internet-based Consultation or Networking (or i-CAN) will utilize a professional navigator (i.e., a provider with CBT expertise), online support and resources, and parallel peer consultation to create a user-friendly and supportive community for providers to get support as they implement CBT. Once finalized, the platform will be tested in the context of a preliminary randomized controlled trial (RCT) with approximately 100 mental healthcare providers who work with anxious children and adolescents. Providers who enroll will be randomly assigned to either the experimental condition (i-CAN) or the control condition (wait-list for i-CAN). The primary outcome of interest is change in intentions to use CBT.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 15, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• provide direct mental healthcare to anxious youth
• practice in general community within state of Alabama
• agree to try i-CAN

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• CBT

Intervention

Behavioral:
• i-CAN
online support and consultation to providers

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Center for Youth Development and Intervention	Tuscaloosa	Alabama

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reasoned Action Questionnaire	Questionnaire that assesses instrumental beliefs, perceived norms, and self-efficacy (all related to use of cognitive-behavioral therapy). On the Reasoned Action Questionnaire, higher scores indicate greater intention to use the therapeutic approach. Scores can range from 14 to 90.	18 weeks
Secondary	Evidence-based practice attitude scale	Questionnaire that assesses views toward cognitive-behavioral therapy. Higher scores indicate more positive views. Scores can range from 0 to 60.	18 weeks