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Relationship Enhancement Program for Marital Challenges (REACH Trial)

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Research Sponsored by Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc.
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 22 weeks after baseline
Awards & highlights

REACH Trial Summary

This trial is testing whether a program called REACH can help improve family stability and successful marriage rates by providing relationship enhancement, parenting, and economic self-sufficiency services.

Who is the study for?
The REACH trial is for adults over 18 living in Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties on the Gulf Coast of Florida who want to improve their marriage or committed relationship skills. It's not open to those under 18 or living outside these areas.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
REACH tests a program called Marriage and Relationship Enhancement Skills (MRES) Intervention aimed at fostering healthy relationships, effective parenting/co-parenting, economic self-sufficiency, and family stability.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves educational interventions rather than medical treatments, traditional physical side effects are not applicable. Participants may experience emotional discomfort addressing personal issues.

REACH Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~22 weeks after baseline
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 22 weeks after baseline for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Family Environment Survey (FES)
Secondary outcome measures
Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS)
Other outcome measures
Economic Self-Sufficiency Scale (ESS)

REACH Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Marriage and Relationship Enhancement Skills (MRES) InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
The Intervention group will be assigned a Case Manager and begin Marriage and Relationship Enhancement Skills (MRES) class weekly and meet with their Case Manager as needed.
Group II: Wait list controlActive Control1 Intervention
The Control group will be placed on a wait-list and offered services as soon as they complete the study's final 22-week follow-up measures. Control participants will not be assigned a Case Manager and will not receive any comparable services from our agency until they complete their 22-week measures.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc.Lead Sponsor
2 Previous Clinical Trials
1,461 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Intervention
675 Patients Enrolled for Intervention
Katelyn Kopakin, MAStudy DirectorJewish Family Children's Services of the Suncoast, Inc.
1 Previous Clinical Trials
675 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Intervention
675 Patients Enrolled for Intervention

Media Library

Marriage and Relationship Enhancement Skills (MRES) Intervention Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05299138 — N/A
Intervention Research Study Groups: Marriage and Relationship Enhancement Skills (MRES) Intervention, Wait list control
Intervention Clinical Trial 2023: Marriage and Relationship Enhancement Skills (MRES) Intervention Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05299138 — N/A
Marriage and Relationship Enhancement Skills (MRES) Intervention 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05299138 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any spots left for willing participants in this experiment?

"That is correct, according to the latest information on clinicaltrials.gov this study is open for recruitment. The trial was first announced on February 17th, 2022 and was last updated on March 17th, 2022. They are hoping to enroll 900 patients at a single location."

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~300 spots leftby Jun 2025