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4-session intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder

N/A

Waitlist Available

Research Sponsored by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 1, 3 and 6 month follow up

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Study Summary

This trial aims to reduce health care utiliz. for ppl with BPD (borderline personality disorder) who present with suicidal ideation or self-harm in emergency depts. A 4-session psychotherapeutic intervention is being tested & may provide promising results.

Eligible Conditions

Borderline Personality Disorder
Suicide and Self-Harm

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1, 3 and 6 month follow up

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1, 3 and 6 month follow up

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1, 3 and 6 month follow up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Primary clinical outcome measure - Emergency Department Visits

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: 4-session interventionExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Group II: Treatment as usualActive Control1 Intervention

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Treatment as usual

2010

N/A

~6760

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthLead Sponsor

356 Previous Clinical Trials

81,398 Total Patients Enrolled

4 Trials studying Borderline Personality Disorder

531 Patients Enrolled for Borderline Personality Disorder

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is there still an opportunity for people to join this experiment?

"According to the clinicaltrials.gov page, this medical study has ceased patient recruitment since its last update on May 8th 2023. Despite that fact, there are a plethora of other active trials with 454 total opportunities for people to join at present time."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?

Alberta

What site did they apply to?

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?

Met criteria

How many prior treatments have patients received?

Why did patients apply to this trial?

I’ve tried CBT and it was ineffective. I am now on the waitlist for affordable DBT therapy which could take up to a year. I’ve been medicated with anti-depressants on and off, but have not found much relief with them. In the past year, I’ve been in the hospital twice, in e.

PatientReceived 2+ prior treatments

I've been contending with BPD for all my life, and every moment of every day is an exercise in learning how to mediate my emotions and learning to distinguish the disorder from me, which is a pointless exercise to a certain degree. I have been on and off psychotherapy and antidepressants and nothing has really worked so far. Being part of a novel clinical therapeutic trial would not only give me a shot at learning and being able to live with this disorder better but it would do the same for people with BPD the world over.

PatientReceived 1 prior treatment

Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Trial of a Brief Psychological Intervention for Suicidal Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder in the Emergency Department

Anne Sonley 2021. "Trial of a Brief Psychological Intervention for Suicidal Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder in the Emergency Department". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04779099.

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