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Collaborative Decision Skills Training for Mental Illness (CDST Trial)

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Led By Emily Treichler, PhD

Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development

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 change in consumer driven collaborative behaviors from baseline (month 0) to follow-up at 3-months post-intervention (month 5)

Awards & highlights

CDST Trial Summary

This trial will establish the feasibility of Collaborative Decision Skills Training (CDST) among 12 Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI), and compare it to active control (AC) using a randomized clinical trial of 72 Veterans.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for Veterans with serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, who are currently receiving services at the VA San Diego Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center. Participants must be willing to have some treatment sessions recorded. Those with high violence risk or primary substance use disorders cannot join.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests Collaborative Decision Skills Training (CDST), aiming to empower Veterans by improving their decision-making skills in treatment settings. It involves an initial feasibility phase followed by a randomized trial comparing CDST against an active control through group sessions over eight weeks.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention focuses on skill training rather than medication, traditional side effects are not expected. However, there may be psychological discomfort from engaging in new types of interactions or discussing sensitive topics during training.

CDST Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ change in interest in adjunctive rehabilitative approaches from baseline (month 0) to follow-up at 3-months post-intervention (month 5)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~change in interest in adjunctive rehabilitative approaches from baseline (month 0) to follow-up at 3-months post-intervention (month 5)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change in interest in adjunctive rehabilitative approaches from baseline (month 0) to follow-up at 3-months post-intervention (month 5) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Shared Decision-Making Coding System

Secondary outcome measures

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

Canadian Occupational Performance Measure- Performance subscale

Client Satisfaction Questionnaire

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Other outcome measures

Acute service use

Adaptation and implementation focused qualitative interviews

CDST Participant Satisfaction Questionnaire

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CDST Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Collaborative Decision Skills TrainingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Collaborative Decision Skills Training (CDST) is the intervention group (experimental arm).

Group II: Leveling UpActive Control1 Intervention

Leveling Up is the active control arm.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor

1,609 Previous Clinical Trials

3,306,380 Total Patients Enrolled

44 Trials studying Schizophrenia

5,092 Patients Enrolled for Schizophrenia

Emily Treichler, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorVA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

Media Library

Collaborative Decision Skills Training Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04324944 — N/A

Schizophrenia Research Study Groups: Leveling Up, Collaborative Decision Skills Training

Schizophrenia Clinical Trial 2023: Collaborative Decision Skills Training Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04324944 — N/A

Collaborative Decision Skills Training 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04324944 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is enrollment currently underway for this research project?

"The publicly accessible information on clinicaltrials.gov states that this medical investigation is still recruiting patients as of July 14th 2022, having first been advertised to the public on June 5th 2022."

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What is the current amount of participants in this experiment?

"Indeed, the information available on clinicaltrials.gov signals that this trial is actively seeking enrolment. This research was first published on July 5th 2022 and most recently revised a few days later. Over the course of its duration, 72 participants are needed to be recruited from 1 medical site."

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Recent research and studies

Pilot and Feasibility StudiesJournal

Skills-based Intervention to Enhance Collaborative Decision-making: Systematic Adaptation and Open Trial Protocol for Veterans with Psychosis

Treichler, Emily B. H., Borsika A. Rabin, William D. Spaulding, Michael L. Thomas, Michelle P. Salyers, Eric L. Granholm, Amy N. Cohen, and Gregory A. Light. 2021. “Skills-based Intervention to Enhance Collaborative Decision-making: Systematic Adaptation and Open Trial Protocol for Veterans with Psychosis”. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1186/s40814-021-00820-4.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Adapting and Examining Collaborative Decision Skills Training Among Veterans With Serious Mental Illness

2022. "Adapting and Examining Collaborative Decision Skills Training Among Veterans With Serious Mental Illness". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04324944.

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