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NCT02150265: SMART

Effectiveness of Six Sessions CBT for Adolescents With Emotional Problems in Community Clinics

Completed NA Last updated 23 May 2019
What this trial tests

NA trial testing SMART manual cognitive behavioral therapy in Generalized Anxiety Disorder in 163 participants. Completed in 1 March 2018.

Timeline
1 January 2013
Primary endpoint
30 June 2017
1 March 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Tromso
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingsingle
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment163
Start date1 January 2013
Primary completion30 June 2017
Estimated completion1 March 2018
Sites1 location across Norway

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Tromso

Who can join

Adults 14 to 18, any sex, with Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background: There is need for more effectiveness studies concerning treatment of emotional symptom problems indicating anxiety and depression in adolescents. SMART is the only treatment manual for combined emotional disorders developed in Norwegian. Purpose: To find the best individualized treatment for adolescents with emotional difficulties by: Finding criteria for the selection of appropriate patients for treatment with cognitive-behavior therapy program SMART in an outpatient population (14-18 years). Finding predictors of completion of treatment program SMART. Examining the effects of treatment with the SMART program at 6 months follow-up. Design: A randomized controlled study in six outpatient clinics in the north of Norway. N= 160 referred adolescents (14-18 years) with score above 6 on the Emotional Problems scale of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Two thirds are treated according to the SMART-manual immediately, while the waiting list control group is treated with SMART after six weeks. Hypothesis: The SMART treatment is an effective treatment for emotional symptom problems. Publication: The results sought published internationally and nationally and will be communicated to clinicians.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. A randomized controlled trial of a six-session cognitive behavioral treatment of emotional disorders in adolescents 14-17 years old in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
    Lorentzen V, Fagermo K, Handegård BH, Skre I, et al · · 2020 · cited 15× · PMID 32171328 · DOI 10.1186/s40359-020-0393-x
  2. CORE-OM as a routine outcome measure for adolescents with emotional disorders: factor structure and psychometric properties.
    Lorentzen V, Handegård BH, Moen CM, Solem K, et al · · 2020 · cited 8× · PMID 32819424 · DOI 10.1186/s40359-020-00459-5
  3. Long-term effectiveness and trajectories of change after treatment with SMART, a transdiagnostic CBT for adolescents with emotional problems.
    Lorentzen V, Fagermo K, Handegård BH, Neumer SP, et al · · 2022 · cited 2× · PMID 35791020 · DOI 10.1186/s40359-022-00872-y

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