NCT04986228: DigiPuR

DigiPuR: Digitally Supported Psychotherapy and Reintegration

Completed NA Last updated 15 April 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Digital aftercare in Mental Disorder in Childhood in 60 participants. Completed in 31 March 2023.

Timeline

1 March 2021

Primary endpoint
31 March 2023

31 March 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University Hospital Tuebingen
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	60
Start date	1 March 2021
Primary completion	31 March 2023
Estimated completion	31 March 2023
Sites	1 location across Germany

Drugs / interventions tested

• Digital aftercare
• TAU — full drug profile →

Conditions studied

• Mental Disorder in Childhood — all drugs for Mental Disorder in Childhood →

Sponsor

University Hospital Tuebingen

Who can join

Under 21, any sex, with Mental Disorder in Childhood. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The study "DigiPuR" (Digitally Supported Psychotherapy and Reintegration) examines the effectiveness of a new, digital aftercare program for children and adolescents after a psychiatric hospitalization in the intervention group compared to regular aftercare in the control group. Thereby, the randomized controlled trial with a naturalistic parallel group study design provides longitudinal data on the reintegration phase with a pre-post follow-up assessment and a daily ambulatory assessment from the point of view of patients, parents, and teachers. The aim of the new aftercare program is to facilitate reintegration after an inpatient hospital stay for children and adolescents as well as their attachment figures, to reduce readmissions and, if necessary, to ensure a good transition to outpatient structures. For this purpose, regular video calls without travel time between the children and adolescents as well as their attachment figures such as parents and teachers and, if necessary, external support systems are conducted with the clinic. Beyond these appointments, a smartphone-based secure messenger will allow all participants to communicate directly with the therapist. It is expected that the aftercare program in the intervention group will lead to improvements in health-related quality of life and treatment satisfaction, as well as reduce symptom severity and readmissions.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Digital therapeutics in the clinic.
   Phan P, Mitragotri S, Zhao Z. · · 2023 · cited 39× · PMID 37476062 · DOI 10.1002/btm2.10536
2. E-Mental-Health aftercare for children and adolescents after partial or full inpatient psychiatric hospitalization: study protocol of the randomized controlled DigiPuR trial.
   Finkbeiner M, Kühnhausen J, Schmid J, Conzelmann A, et al · · 2022 · PMID 36028894 · DOI 10.1186/s13063-022-06508-1