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Behavioral Activation for Depression (ACT Trial)
ACT Trial Summary
This trial is testing whether Behavioral Activation, or BA, may be an alternative depression intervention for adolescents who have a history of Childhood Maltreatment, or CM. CM is defined as exposure to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or physical or emotional neglect. This study will take an innovative approach integrating neural, behavioral, and novel mobile technologies to measure longitudinal change in reward processing as a mechanism of BA intervention response among depressed adolescents with a history of CM.
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You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria belowACT Trial Timeline
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Who can apply to partake in this clinical experiment?
"The parameters for this trial necessitate that the participants struggle with depression and range from 12 to 18 years old. The team is actively recruiting a total of 60 individuals."
What are the desired outcomes of this medical research?
"The primary endpoint evaluated over the 12-week investigative period, as well as a 3-month follow up at Week 24 is Neural Reward Sensitivity. Secondary outcomes comprise of changes in commonly co-morbid behavioural problems with depression (i.e., attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct issues and oppositionality), alterations to anxiety symptoms and diagnoses, plus modifications to suicidal ideation, plans and behaviours along with self-harm thoughts and actions assessed through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires."
Are individuals still able to join this research endeavor?
"The trial, initially posted on March 1st 2018 and last updated July 19th 2022, is not currently recruiting participants. However, data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov reveals that there are presently 1136 other medical studies actively enlisting patients."
Does the current protocol of this research include seniors as participants?
"This research is interested in obtaining participants aged between 12 and 18 years old."
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