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Effectiveness of Group Based Schema Therapy in the Treatment of Personality Disorders

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00247234
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 1, 2005
Last Update Posted : September 25, 2017
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This study intends to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy with standard psychiatric outpatient care for patients with borderline or avoidant personality disorder.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Personality Disorder, Borderline Avoidant Personality Disorder Behavioral: Schema Therapy Behavioral: standard care Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 90 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Effectiveness of Group Based Schema Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder and Avoidant Personality Disorder
Actual Study Start Date : September 2004
Actual Primary Completion Date : June 2011
Actual Study Completion Date : January 2015

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: schema therapy Behavioral: Schema Therapy
group based schema therapy
Active Comparator: standard care
standard psychiatric out-patient care
 Behavioral: standard care
standard psychiatric out-patient care


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. quality of life [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
    Self-report measures

  2. depression [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
    Self-report measures

  3. anxiety [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
    Self-report measures

  4. suicidal ideation [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
    Self-report measures


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Use of psychotropic medication [ Time Frame: 5 years ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years to 50 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Avoidant or Borderline personality disorders

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Do not speak Scandinavian languages
  • Antisocial personality disorder
  • Narcissistic personality disorder
  • Affective bipolar disorder I
  • Schizophrenia
  • Mental impairment/organic brain disorder
  • Substance dependence
  • Planned pregnancy
  • Serious somatic illness
  • Anorexia Nervosa
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Locations
Norway
St. Olavs Hospital
Trondheim, Norway, 7030
Sponsors and Collaborators
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Investigators
Study Chair: Are Holen, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience, NTNU - Faculty of Medicine, MTFS, NO-7489 Trondheim, Norway
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Responsible Party: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00247234     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: ursula.falkmer+AEA-stolav.no
First Posted: November 1, 2005    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: September 25, 2017
Last Verified: September 2017

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Disease
Personality Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
Pathologic Processes
Mental Disorders