Integrated Collaborative Care Teams for Youth With Mental Health and/or Addiction Challenges (YouthCan IMPACT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02836080 |
Recruitment Status
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Recruiting
First Posted
: July 18, 2016
Last Update Posted
: June 7, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Mental Disorders Addiction | Behavioral: Integrated Collaborative Care Team (ICCT) Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU) | Not Applicable |
This study is a pragmatic randomized control trial (RCT) with random allocation occurring within each hospital site to either treatment as usual (TAU) (4 out-patient hospital sites) or treatment at one of 3 community-based Integrated Collaborative Care Teams (ICCTs). A total of 500 youth aged 14-18 with mental health and/or addictions (MHA) concerns, referred for out-patient services at one of four local hospitals, will be randomized to receive ICCT care versus TAU. For each youth, a primary caregiver will also be recruited into the study, if available.
With wide inclusion criteria and a design meant to emulate a "real world" setting, this study will rigorously evaluate a service delivery model composed of multiple interventions for youth presenting with a broad range of MHA problems. The ICCT is expected to result in better MHA outcomes, show better performance indicators, and be more cost-effective than TAU.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 500 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Integrated Collaborative Care Teams to Enhance Service Delivery to Youth With Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized-controlled Trial |
Study Start Date : | August 2016 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2018 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Integrated Collaborative Care Team
Integrated Collaborative Care Team (ICCTs) are housed in the local community to improve youth access, in three neighborhoods across Toronto (East Metro Youth Services [EMYS]-Scarborough, EMYS-Southeast Toronto, and Delisle Youth Services-Central Toronto). Each ICCT will include a variety of service providers and coordinated patient care delivering evidence-informed interventions in a stepped-care model.
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Behavioral: Integrated Collaborative Care Team (ICCT)
An integrated, collaborative pathway of needs-based services. ICCTs will offer a wide variety of services, including Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) on a scheduled and walk-in basis, care navigators, various clinician-guided interventions, psychiatry, nurse practitioner services, access to primary care, and peer support, all co-located in youth-friendly, community-based clinics. For each intervention, standardized intervention protocols will be used.
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Active Comparator: Treatment as Usual (TAU)
The comparator arm consists of out-patient TAU in a hospital setting and will occur at one of four outpatient hospital sites across Toronto. Partners include the following four hospitals: Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Michael Garron Hospital (formerly the Toronto East General Hospital), and Sunnybrook Hospital. |
Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU)
Standard out-patient treatment provided at each participating hospital site. This typically entails referral to a psychiatrist at the participating hospital, who will provide assessment and treatment, with referral to appropriate services, guided by local treatment protocols.
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- Youth functioning [ Time Frame: One year ]Measured using the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS)
- Clinical improvement [ Time Frame: One year ]Measured using Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
- Problematic substance use [ Time Frame: One year ]Assessed using the GAIN Short Screener and the substance use table of the Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Involvement Scale
- Satisfaction with the service models [ Time Frame: One year ]Assessed using the Ontario Perception of Care Tool for Mental Health and Addictions
- Continuity of care [ Time Frame: One year ]Measured using the Continuity of Care in Children's Mental Health questionnaire
- Goal attainment [ Time Frame: One year ]Measured using a custom form indicating goals established by the youth and caregiver at intake, followed by a rating of goal attainment
- Client empowerment and engagement [ Time Frame: One year ]Measured using the Family Empowerment Scale for caregivers, and the Youth Efficacy/Empowerment Scale for youth
- Caregiver burden [ Time Frame: One year ]Measured using the Burden Assessment Scale
- Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) [ Time Frame: One year ]Measured using the Assessment of Quality of Life-6D (AQOL-6D)
- Cost-effective analysis (CEA) and a cost-utility analysis (CUA) [ Time Frame: One year ]Incremental costs of ICCT compared to TAU (treatment as usual) in improving health outcomes

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 14 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Provision of informed consent
- Aged 14 - 17 years 11 months
- New referrals to one of the four participating hospitals for out-patient MHA services
- Among the population regularly accepted for out-patient services at that hospital
Exclusion Criteria:
- Referral for specialty forensic or firesetting treatment
- Moderate to severe intellectual disability or autism without MHA problems
- Primary diagnosis of an eating disorder
- Active psychosis or imminent risk of self-harm requiring immediate intervention
- Inability to read and write English or to consent to the study

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02836080
Contact: Joanna Henderson, Ph.D., C.Psych | 416-535-8501 ext 34959 | joanna.henderson@camh.ca | |
Contact: Peter Szatmari, MD, FRCPC | 416-813-7654 ext 328706 | peter.szatmari@camh.ca |
Canada, Ontario | |
Michael Garron Hospital | Not yet recruiting |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4C 3E7 | |
Contact: Krista Lemke, MD, FRCPC 416-469-6580 ext 3298 klemk@tegh.on.ca | |
Sunnybrook Hospital | Recruiting |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5 | |
Contact: Amy Cheung, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC 416-480-4073 amy.cheung@sunnybrook.ca | |
The Hospital for Sick Children | Not yet recruiting |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8 | |
Contact: Antonio Pignatiello, MD, FRCPC 416-813-7524 antonio.pignatiello@sickkids.ca | |
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) | Recruiting |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1H4 | |
Contact: Joanna Henderson, Ph.D. 416-535-8501 ext 34959 joanna.henderson@camh.ca | |
Contact: Peter Szatmari, MD, FRCPC 416-813-7654 ext 328706 peter.szatmari@camh.ca |
Principal Investigator: | Joanna Henderson, Ph.D., C.Psych | Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health; Clinician Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto | |
Principal Investigator: | Peter Szatmari, MD, FRCPC | Chief, Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative, The Hospital for Sick Children and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Professor and Head of the Division of Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Toronto | |
Principal Investigator: | Amy Cheung, MD, FRCPC | Associate Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto | |
Principal Investigator: | Kristin Cleverley, RN, Ph.D. | CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto; Clinician-Scientist, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | |
Principal Investigator: | Gloria Chaim, M.S.W. | Associate Director, Child Youth and Family Services; Head, Community Engagement and Partnership, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health, CAMH; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto |
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Joanna Henderson, Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02836080 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
#012/2016 |
First Posted: | July 18, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 7, 2017 |
Last Verified: | June 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Keywords provided by Joanna Henderson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health:
Mental Health Randomized Pragmatic |
Integrated Collaborative Care Addiction Youth |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Behavior, Addictive Mental Disorders Psychotic Disorders |
Compulsive Behavior Impulsive Behavior Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders |