Internet-delivered Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Internet-delivered Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01324050
• Other study ID #: GA-DEP2011-PDT
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 25, 2011
• Last updated: August 1, 2011
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: May 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2011
• Source: Linkoeping University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall aim of this study is to develop and test a psychodynamic Internet-delivered psychological treatment for patients with mild to moderate major depression and compare its efficacy to an active control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 92
• Est. completion date: May 2011
• Est. primary completion date: May 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder

• 15 or more on MADRS-S

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe depression (more than 35 on MADRS-S or based on interview)

• Severe psychiatric condition (e.g. psychosis or bipolar disorder)

• Suicidal (measured in diagnostic interview)

• Changed medication during the last three months

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy for depression
This intervention contains 9 text-based self-help modules. These modules contain material inspired by psychoanalytic theory about identifying reoccurring patterns in life among other things. In addition to the self-help modules, 10-15 minutes of therapist contact is given every week. In total, the intervention will last for 10 weeks.
• Internet-delivered therapist support
This intervention contains 1 text-based self-help module, which is mainly based on information on depression. In addition to this text, the participants in this group gets 10-15 minutes of therapist contact every week. In the conversation with the therapist, the participant informs the therapist about the activities during the week. This intervention is considered to be a form of support. In total, the intervention will last for 10 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Linköping University	Linköping
Sweden	Linköping University, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning	Linköping

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Linkoeping University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)		Two weeks before the treatment starts
Primary	Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)		At treatment start (0 weeks)
Primary	Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)		At treatment termination (10 weeks)
Secondary	Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)		Two weeks before the treatment starts
Secondary	Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)		At treatment termination (10 weeks)
Secondary	Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale Self-report (MADRS-S)		Two weeks before treatment starts
Secondary	Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale Self-report (MADRS-S)		At treatment termination (10 weeks)
Secondary	Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI)		Two weeks before treatment starts
Secondary	Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI)		At treatment termination (10 weeks)
Secondary	Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)		Two weeks before treatment starts
Secondary	Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)		At treatment termination (10 weeks)
Secondary	Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment 7 (GAD-7)		Two weeks before treatment starts
Secondary	Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment 7 (GAD-7)		At treatment termination (10 weeks)