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NCT06176001: R-Bipolar

Group-based Psychoeducation for Relatives of Patients With Bipolar Disorder, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Completed NA Last updated 26 September 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing psychoeducation in groups in Bipolar Disorder in 206 participants. Completed in 1 June 2024.

Timeline
7 April 2022
Primary endpoint
1 June 2024
1 June 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorMental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposesupportive care
Enrollment206
Start date7 April 2022
Primary completion1 June 2024
Estimated completion1 June 2024
Sites1 location across Denmark

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Bipolar Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Relatives of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) often experience emotional burden with stress, and depressive symptoms that again increases the likelihood of destabilization and relapses in the patient. The effects of group-based psychoeducation have not been investigated in large-scale real-world settings. The investigators are currently conducting a large-scale real-world randomized controlled parallel group trial (RCT) to test whether group-based psychoeducation for relatives to patients with BD improves mood instability and other critical outcomes in relatives and the corresponding patients with BD. The trial is designed as a two-arm, parallel group randomized trial with a balanced randomization 1:1 to either group-based psychoeducation or a waiting list for approximately 4 months and subsequent group-based psychoeducation. the investigators plan to include 200 relatives. The group sizes for psychoeducation is between 20-40 relatives.The primary outcome measure is mood instability calculated based on daily smartphone-based mood self-assessment. Other relevant outcomes are measured, including patients' reported outcomes, assessing self-assessed burden, self-efficacy, and knowledge about BD.

Publications & conference data

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

  1. Study protocol: group-based psychoeducation for relatives of patients with bipolar disorder-a large scale real-world randomized controlled parallel group trial, the R-bipolar RCT.
    Stokholm JR, Vinberg M, Faurholt-Jepsen M, Kessing LV. · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38783322 · DOI 10.1186/s13063-024-08172-z
  2. Becoming diplomats with boundaries - a thematic analysis of relatives' experiences with group-based psychoeducation about bipolar disorder.
    Stokholm JR, Waldemar AK, Kessing LV. · · 2025 · PMID 40890647 · DOI 10.1186/s12888-025-07219-y

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