PATH 2 Purpose: Primary Care and Community-Based Prevention of Mental Disorders in Adolescents (P2P)

  • STATUS
    Recruiting
  • End date
    Mar 1, 2024
  • participants needed
    664
  • sponsor
    University of Illinois at Chicago
Updated on 4 October 2022
behavior therapy
depressive disorder
psychiatric disorder
depressive symptoms
depressed mood
Accepts healthy volunteers

Summary

PATH (Promoting AdolescenT Health) 2 Purpose is a two-arm comparative effectiveness research trial to that will evaluate the ability of the interventions, Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral & Interpersonal Training (CATCH-IT) and Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS), to intervene early to prevent depressive illness and potentially other common mental health disorders. Using cluster randomization, 564 participants eligible for the study will be offered one of two different depression prevention programs in multiple sites in Chicagoland, Rockford, Illinois; Dixon, Illinois; and Louisville, Kentucky. In response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we will employ a public health media campaign to recruit a second cohort of 100 adolescents state-wide in Illinois, Kentucky, and Massachusetts individually randomized to either intervention. The study will also assess teens', parents' and providers' experiences with each intervention approach. Finally, we will examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents at-risk for depression who are enrolled in our study.

Description

The majority of mental, emotional and behavioral (MEB) disorders have an initial onset before age 24, with 20% annual incidence, with major depressive disorder (MDD) being the most common MEB. Health systems, eager to reduce costs, want to transition from the current "wait until sick enough for treatment" model for MDD to a preventive model. However, evidence is needed for (1) the comparative effectiveness of a "scalable intervention" and (2) an implementation model for such a scalable intervention in the primary care setting. This study is a comparative effectiveness trial evaluating the efficacy of two evidence-based cognitive-behavioral prevention (CBP) programs: Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS), the "gold standard," group therapy model, and Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive Behavioral, Humanistic and Interpersonal Training (CATCH-IT), a scalable, self-directed, technology-based model. For implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic, TEAMS has successfully been adapted to an online format and administered online through HIPAA-compliant video conferencing software. For the first cohort, 564 eligible adolescents age 13-18 will be offered one of two different depression prevention programs using cluster randomization in multiple sites in urban and suburban Chicago, Illinois; rural Western Illinois, including Dixon and surrounding towns; and Louisville, Kentucky. Randomization will be blocked into matched pairs of primary health care clinics and school sites and stratified by race, ethnicity, rural-urban commuting area codes, and socio-economic disadvantage using the Distressed Communities Index (DCI) from census-tracked data of each site zip code. A second cohort of 100 eligible adolescents will be recruited through public health media campaigns in Illinois, Kentucky, and Massachusetts utilizing the same eligibility criteria as Cohort One. These participants will connect with the research team by phone, email, web survey, or social media and will be randomized at the individual-level with equal allocation into treatment conditions (CATCH-IT or TEAMS). The investigators will comprehensively evaluate patient-centered outcomes and stakeholder-valued moderators of effect at 2, 6, 12, and 18 month assessment points. Using a hybrid clinical trial design that simultaneously examines implementation process, the study will also assess adolescents', parents' and providers' experiences (i.e. efficacy, time commitment, cultural acceptability, and implementation cost) with each intervention approach. A sub-sample of Cohort Two (n=50, 25 from each intervention arm) will be recruited to participate in open-ended interviews for adolescents to share their experiences of living with subsyndromal depression, coping during the COVID-19 pandemic, their perceived impact of CATCH-IT or TEAMS on their mood and behavior, and the cultural contexts in which these experiences occurred.

Details
Condition Depression
Treatment CATCH-IT, TEAMS
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04290754
SponsorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Last Modified on4 October 2022

Eligibility

Yes No Not Sure

Inclusion Criteria

Adolescents ages 13 through 19 years, and
Adolescent must be experiencing an elevated level of depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Score = 5-18), and
Adolescent will be included if they have a past, but not current history of depression

Exclusion Criteria

Outside age range
A current diagnosis of Major Depression
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) diagnosis of: schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, extreme current drug or alcohol abuse
Currently using medication therapy for depression, anxiety, or other internalizing disorders for less than 3 months
Currently engaged in individual treatment for a mood disorder
Currently engaged in a cognitive-behavioral group or therapy
Any past psychiatric hospitalizations
Any past self-harm attempt with moderate or greater lethality
Current suicidal thoughts
Not willing to comply with the study protocol
Not willing to participate in the TEAMS groups
Not willing to be audio recorded during TEAMS groups (only for TEAMS clinics)
Unable to complete the PHQ-9 screening due to cognitive or intellectual impairment
Did not complete phone assessment with MINI Kid
Parent/guardian has a cognitive or intellectual impairment
Participant Declined/Changed Mind/Uninterested in participating
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