Assertive Community Treatment in Copenhagen

Schizophrenia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Quasi-Experimental Trial of the Effect of Assertive Community Treatment Among Those With Severe Mental Disorder

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00225602
• Other study ID #: BBH363004
• Secondary ID: Cph Hospital Cor
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 22, 2005
• Last updated: September 22, 2005
• Start date: January 2004
• Est. completion date: May 2006

Study information

• Verified date: September 2005
• Source: Bispebjerg Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: National Board of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of assertive community treatment in Copenhagen in two regions compared with two regions where this treatment was not implemented. The effect on user satisfaction, use of bed days, social network, global assessment of functioning, substance misuse will be evaluated.

Description:

In area where assertive community treatment was implemented 100 patients had filled in a form regarding their social situation. They were interviewed after one year and asked about user satisfaction and followed up in Danish registers. Register information was extracted concerning vital status, cause of death, use of psychiatric services and criminal record. The same procedure was carried out for a comparison group, carefully matched, from other regions in Copenhagen, where assertive community treatment was not implemented.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: May 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• User of bed days exceeded 40 days last two years; or

• 4+ admissions during last two years; or

• A second diagnosis of substance misuse; or

• Non compliance with medication or outpatient visits in usual settings; or

• Being unable to use other existing services

Exclusion Criteria:

• Forensic patient with a sentence to stay in hospital

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bipolar Disorder
• Schizophrenia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Assertive Community Treatment

• Treatment in Community Mental Health Center

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Bispebjerg Hospital	Copenhagen

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bispebjerg Hospital	Copenhagen Hospital Corporation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Adherence to treatment
Secondary	Experience of violation of personal integrity and privacy in relation to treatment
Secondary	User satisfaction
Secondary	Quality of Life
Secondary	Substance misuse
Secondary	Social network
Secondary	Affiliation to labor market
Secondary	Independent living
Secondary	Crime
Secondary	Suicidal behaviour
Secondary	Use of psychiatric services