Mobile Phone Sensing and Outreach as Adjuncts to Internet-Based Behavioral Intervention for Depression

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Technology Assisted Intervention for the Treatment and Prevention of Depression

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01107041
• Other study ID #: P20MH090318 STU00021825
• Secondary ID: P20MH090318
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 19, 2010
• Last updated: March 21, 2017
• Start date: December 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2015
• Source: Northwestern University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Investigators are evaluating the use of phone sensor data to estimate behavior, depression and anxiety.

Description:

Investigators are evaluating the use of phone sensor data to estimate behavior, depression and anxiety. Participants will include people who are high on depression, high on anxiety, hight on both depression and anxiety, and health controls. Particpants will load software on their phones that collects phone sensor data, and obtains self report on sleep, mood, and social contacts. Data will be collected for at least 6 weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2010
• Est. completion date: July 2016
• Est. primary completion date: February 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• PHQ-9 score 10 or higher

• Has an e-mail account, computer, and broadband access to the Internet

• Familiarity with mobile phones and is within a cellular network range the majority of the day.

• Is able to speak and read English.

• Is at least 19 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hearing or voice impairment preventing participation in psychotherapy.

• Visual impairment that would prevent use of the website, mobile phone application, and assessment materials.

• Has any psychiatric condition for which participation in a clinical trial of psychotherapy may be either inappropriate or dangerous (e.g., psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, dissociative disorders, etc.).

• Planning to be out of town or unavailable for intervention for 1 or more weeks during the scheduled study participation.

• Exhibits severe suicidality, including ideation, plan, and intent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mobilyze!
Mobilyze! delivers behavioral intervention for depression via a mobile phone, interactive website, and e-mail.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Northwestern University	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwestern University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depression, as assessed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9		Baseline, Weeks 2-6
Secondary	Positive Affect (PANAS - Positive Affect Scale)		Baseline, Weeks 2-6
Secondary	Anxiety (GAD-7)		Baseline, Weeks 2-6

External Links

•   Depression at MedlinePlus Site
•   MedlinePlus
•   Mental Health at MedlinePlus Site