A Trial of Multisystemic Therapy in UK a Statutory Therapeutic Intervention for Young Offenders

Participants Are Male and Female Adolescents 13-16 Years at Risk for Continuing to Commit Criminal Offences. Clinical Trial

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate whether Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is more effective in reducing youth offending and out-of-home placement in a large, ethnically diverse, urban U.K. sample than an equally comprehensive management protocol; to determine whether MST leads to broader improvements in youth sociality and in mediators believed to be responsible for change in MST.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Participants Are Male and Female Adolescents 13-16 Years at Risk for Continuing to Commit Criminal Offences.

• NCT number: NCT01713088
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: The Brandon Centre, London
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2003
• Completion date: February 2014