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NCT number NCT01178554
Other study ID # 83423-0
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received July 12, 2010
Last updated March 15, 2011
Start date June 2005
Est. completion date June 2010

Study information

Verified date March 2011
Source Judge Baker Children's Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Clinic Treatment Project tested two alternative methods of delivering evidence-based practices within public community-based mental health clinics, using training and supervision procedures designed for the settings and users.


Description:

The Clinic Treatment Project focused on ethnically diverse youths aged 7-13 who were referred to community-based mental health clinics for problems involving disruptive behaviors, depression, anxiety, and any combination of these. Using a randomized block design, therapists were randomly assigned to deliver usual treatment procedures (usual care, or UC) in their clinics or evidence-based practices deployed in two forms: (a) standard manual treatment (SMT), using full treatment manuals, one at a time, exactly as they have been tested in clinical trials, and (b) modular manual treatment (MMT) in which therapists learn the component practices of the standard manuals but individualize the use of the components for each child using a guiding clinical algorithm. Unlike the SMT approach, the MMT approach allows the duration and sequencing of techniques to be individualized in an effort to fit the child's needs and allows the clinician to draw techniques from outside the target disorder domain when needed (e.g., to address noncompliance during the course of treating depression). Both SMT and MMT were supported by training and supervision procedures designed to fit providers and their clinic contexts. Assessments were carried out at pre-treatment, at post-treatment, and at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 18-, and 24-month follow-ups. Assessments carried out at pre-treatment included(a) individual youth problems and disorders; (b) individual youth functioning at home and school; and (c) clinic staff beliefs and attitudes toward their work and workplace. Assessments carried out at post-treatment and follow-up only included measures of (a) youth, parent, and therapist satisfaction with treatment; (b) youth, parent and therapist views on the quality of the therapeutic relationship; and (c) treatment costs. Assessments carried out at follow-up only included (a) parent reports of any mental health service use following project treatment, and (b) therapist reports on the extent to which the treatment procedures they used in the project are continued after project termination. Analyses will address critical questions about deployment of evidence-based youth practices to clinical care settings.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 203
Est. completion date June 2010
Est. primary completion date May 2009
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 7 Years to 13 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- 7 - 13 year olds and their parents

- seeking services at community mental health clinics

- primary problem or disorder related to anxiety, depression, or conduct problems

Exclusion Criteria:

- Child is younger than 7 years, 9 months or older than 13 on the day of the phone screen.

- Child has attempted suicide within the past year.

- Schizophrenic spectrum diagnosis (including MDD w/ psychotic features)

- Autism or another Pervasive Developmental Disorder (e.g., PDD NOS, Asperger's Disorder, Child Disintegrative Disorder, Rett's Disorder).

- Anorexia Nervosa

- Bulimia Nervosa

- Mental Retardation

- No relevant T-scores validate target disorders.

- ADHD identified as primary reason for seeking treatment at phone screen

- Child's sibling already included

- Child's medication has not been regulated for one month or longer

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
psychotherapy
Usual Care therapists could use any treatment procedures they used regularly in their clinical practice.
evidence-based treatment
Evidence-based treatment manuals were used for anxiety (Coping Cat Manual; Kendall, 1994; Kendall et al., 1994 ), depression (Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training; Weisz et al., 1997, 1998), and conduct problems (Defiant Children Manual; Barkley, 1997).
modular evidence-based treatment
Therapists used the Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, or Conduct Problems (MATCH-ADC; Chorpita & Weisz, 2004)

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Judge Baker Children's Center Boston Massachusetts
United States The University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu Hawaii

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Judge Baker Children's Center MacArthur Foundation, University of Hawaii, University of Illinois at Chicago

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (9)

Borntrager CF, Chorpita BF, Higa-McMillan C, Weisz JR. Provider attitudes toward evidence-based practices: are the concerns with the evidence or with the manuals? Psychiatr Serv. 2009 May;60(5):677-81. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.5.677. — View Citation

Chorpita BF, Bernstein A, Daleiden EL; Research Network on Youth Mental Health. Driving with roadmaps and dashboards: using information resources to structure the decision models in service organizations. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2008 Mar;35(1-2):114-23. Epub 2007 Nov 6. — View Citation

Chorpita BF, Reise S, Weisz JR, Grubbs K, Becker KD, Krull JL; Research Network on Youth Mental Health. Evaluation of the Brief Problem Checklist: child and caregiver interviews to measure clinical progress. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2010 Aug;78(4):526-36. doi: 10.1037/a0019602. — View Citation

Ebesutani C, Bernstein A, Nakamura BJ, Chorpita BF, Higa-McMillan CK, Weisz JR; The Research Network on Youth Mental Health. Concurrent Validity of the Child Behavior Checklist DSM-Oriented Scales: Correspondence with DSM Diagnoses and Comparison to Syndrome Scales. J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2010 Sep;32(3):373-384. Epub 2009 Nov 27. — View Citation

Ebesutani C, Bernstein A, Nakamura BJ, Chorpita BF, Weisz JR; Research Network on Youth Mental Health. A psychometric analysis of the revised child anxiety and depression scale--parent version in a clinical sample. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2010 Feb;38(2):249-60. doi: 10.1007/s10802-009-9363-8. — View Citation

Ho A, Weisz JR, Austin AA, Chorpita BF, Southam-Gerow M, Wells K, the Research Network on Youth Mental Health. Bridging science and community practice: Clinician and organizational engagement in community clinics in the clinic treatment project. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth. Winter 2006;7:13-19.

Martin JL, Weisz JR, Chorpita BF, Higa CK, Southam-Gerow M, Wells K, the Research Network on Youth Mental Health. Moving evidence-based practices into everyday clinical care settings: Addressing challenges associated with pathways to treatment, child characteristics, and structure of treatment. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth. Winter 2006;7:5-21.

Palinkas LA, Aarons GA, Chorpita BF, Hoagwood K, Landsverk J, Weisz JR; Research Network on Youth Mental Health. Cultural exchange and the implementation of evidence-based practice: two case studies. J Evidence-Based Social Work. 2009 September;19(5):602-612.

Palinkas LA, Schoenwald SK, Hoagwood K, Landsverk J, Chorpita BF, Weisz JR; Research Network on Youth Mental Health. An ethnographic study of implementation of evidence-based treatments in child mental health: first steps. Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Jul;59(7):738-46. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.59.7.738. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Brief Problem Checklist (BPC, parent and child forms) Youth and parents were contacted weekly to report changes in youth functioning. Each person was asked to rate their own or their child's behavior on 12 items (6 internalizing and 6 externalizing behaviors) that were adapted from the Youth Self Report and the Child Behavior Checklist. Children and caregivers completed the pre-treatment assessment on Day 1, every week during treatment, and at post-treatment assessment which occurred on average 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment. Change over time from Day 1 to Day 267 No
Secondary The Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes-Child and Parent Forms (ChIPS/P-ChIPS) The ChIPS/P-ChIPS are structured psychiatric interviews designed to assess psychopathology according to DSM-IV criteria in children and adolescents ages 6-18 years. ChIPS/P-ChIPS assess twenty behavioral, anxiety, mood, and other syndromes as well as psychosocial stressors the child might have experienced. Symptoms are assessed using a "yes/no" question format. Onset, offset and duration data are gathered for each disorder. On average, youth and caregivers completed the post-treatment assessment 267 days (SD=124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment.(Used as a measure of clinical outcome.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 267 Yes
Secondary Top Problems Assessment Youths and parents were asked to identify "The three most important problems for which you need [or "your child needs"] help." at the intake assessment. The six resulting problems (3 from youth, 3 from parent) were then rated on a scale of 0 ("Not serious at all") to 10 ("Very serious problem") by youth and parent. Youths and parents completed the pre-treatment assessment on Day 1, at post-treatment assessment which occurred on average 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment, and at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month follow-up from Day 1. (Used as a measure of clinical outcome.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 712 (24-mo follow-up) No
Secondary Youth Self-Report Form (YSR) The YSR assesses problems in children on eight narrow-band scales (Withdrawn, Somatic Complaints, Anxious, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule-Breaking Behavior, Aggressive Behavior), three broad-band scales (Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total problems), and six DSM-oriented scales. Children completed the pre-treatment assessment on Day 1, at post-treatment assessment which occurred on average 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment, and at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month follow-up from Day 1.(Used as a measure of clinical outcome.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 712 (24-mo follow-up) Yes
Secondary Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) The CBCL assesses problems in children on eight narrow-band scales (Withdrawn, Somatic Complaints, Anxious, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule-Breaking Behavior, Aggression), three broad-band scales (Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total problems), and six DSM-oriented scales. Caregivers completed the pre-treatment assessment on Day 1, at post-treatment assessment which occurred on average 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment, and at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month follow-up from Day 1. (Used as a measure of clinical outcome.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 712 (24-mo follow-up) Yes
Secondary Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Children The quality of youths' working alliance with their therapists was assessed via the Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Children (TASC, Shirk & Saiz, 1992). The 7-item scale comes in both a youth-report form and a parent-report form (parents reporting on their youth's relationship with the therapist). On average, children and caregivers completed the post-treatment assessment 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment. (Available for supplemental analyses.) post-treatment (Day 267) No
Secondary Service Assessment for Children and Adolescents: Treatment and Auxiliary Service Use Scales The SACA (Horwitz et al., 2001)is a standardized interview for youths and parents that measures use of mental health services across a broad spectrum (including outpatient, inpatient, and school-based). SACA reliability and validity data are well-documented. Caregivers completed the pre-treatment assessment on Day 1, at post-treatment assessment which occurred on average 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment, and at 12- and 24-month follow-up from Day 1.(Available for supplemental analyses.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 712 (24-mo follow-up) No
Secondary Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale The RCADS is a 47-item child self-report measure that assesses symptoms of several DSM-IV anxiety and depressive disorders (i.e., separation anxiety disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder). On average, children and caregivers completed the post-treatment assessment 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment.(Available for supplemental analyses.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 267 Yes
Secondary Brief Symptom Inventory The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is a parent self-report form that is the short form of the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised instrument. The BSI provides a screen for psychological problems. This inventory reports profiles of nine primary symptom dimensions and three global indices of distress (Derogatis, 1993). It can also be used to measuring patient progress during treatment or in the assessment of treatment outcomes. On average, caregivers completed the post-treatment assessment 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment. (Available for supplemental analyses.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 267 No
Secondary Brief Impairment Scale The BIS is a 23-item instrument that evaluates three domains of functioning: interpersonal relations, school/work functioning, and self-care/self-fulfillment. Its advantages over other global impairment instruments are that it is respondent based, short in administration time, and multidimensional. Caregivers completed the pre-treatment assessment on Day 1, at post-treatment assessment which occurred on average 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment, and at 12- and 24-month follow-up from Day 1.(Available for supplemental analyses.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 712 (24-mo follow-up) No
Secondary Services for Children & Adolescents - Parent Interview (SCAPI) The SCAPI is a measure that tracks child's use of medication as reported by the parent. Caregivers completed the pre-treatment assessment on Day 1, at post-treatment assessment which occurred on average 267 days (SD = 124 days) after the pre-treatment assessment, and at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month follow-up from Day 1.(Available for supplemental analyses.) Change over time from Day 1 to Day 712 (24-mo follow-up) No
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