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NCT02872454 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA
Psychotherapeutic Text Messaging for Depression Pilot Study
A NA study, sponsored by University of Michigan.
- Completed
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 190
- Enrollment target
NCT02872454 is a NA study that has completed, run by University of Michigan. The registered enrollment target is 190 participants.
The verdict
NCT02872454, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by University of Michigan.
- COMPLETED
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 190 participants
- Enrollment target
Study Summary
Major depression is the leading cause of disability in the United States and is a major contributor to suicide, a leading cause of premature death. The majority of individuals with depression do not receive adequate pharmacologic or psychotherapeutic treatment due to difficulty accessing services or stopping treatment due to side effects, non-response, or the stigma associated with attending mental health clinic visits. Mobile health information technology services, such as text messaging, have the potential to provide effective self-management support for depression to nearly every adult in the US with depression. Guided self-help via text messaging has been shown to be effective for improving a range of health behaviors as well as symptoms of depression. However, previously studied depression text messaging services have not utilized the breadth of psychotherapeutic techniques shown to be effective for depression nor have they attempted to tailor the psychotherapeutic content to the individual in order to improve acceptability and outcomes. Advanced artificial intelligence methods (e.g., reinforcement learning) offers the capability to weed out ineffective messages and to target messages to individuals in order to substantially improve program effectiveness. This pilot study is the first step in towards developing an artificially intelligent text message service for depression. The specific aims of the study are to: 1) demonstrate the feasibility of recruiting and enrolling participants from the general population of US adults and delivering a text-messaging intervention for depression, 2) determine whether there are differences in the perceived helpfulness of messages derived from different psychotherapeutic treatment modalities, and whether these differences are moderated by participant characteristics (e.g., age, gender, depression symptom severity), 3) determine whether messages derived from different psychotherapeutic treatment modalities or their perceived
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL Text Messaging
Trial Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Enrollment Target | 190 participants |
| Start Date | 2015-04 |
| Est. Completion | 2016-04 |
| Phase | NA |
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Full Details on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗What the Registry Record Tells You About NCT02872454
The ClinicalTrials.gov registry entry for NCT02872454 describes a study currently listed as completed, categorized as NA. The registered enrollment target is 190 participants, a figure that helps gauge the scale of data the investigators plan to collect. The listed sponsor is University of Michigan, which has 1,327 total studies on file at ClinicalTrials.gov.
The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Text Messaging is the first listed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is clinical trial NCT02872454 about?
NCT02872454 is a clinical study titled "Psychotherapeutic Text Messaging for Depression Pilot Study". Major depression is the leading cause of disability in the United States and is a major contributor to suicide, a leading cause of premature death. The majority of individuals with depression do not receive adequate pharmacologic or psychotherapeutic treatment due to difficulty accessing services or...
What is the current status of trial NCT02872454?
This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 190 participants. The study started on 2015-04. Estimated completion is 2016-04.
What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02872454?
The interventions under investigation include: Text Messaging (BEHAVIORAL).
Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02872454?
This trial is sponsored by University of Michigan, which has 1,327 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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