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Behavioral Intervention

BE-SMART for Mood Disorders (BE-SMART Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Hilary P Blumberg, MD
Research Sponsored by Yale University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be younger than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline and 12 weeks
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BE-SMART Trial Summary

This trial is testing a new psychotherapy treatment to help reduce emotional dysregulation in people with mood disorders. Investigators will assess whether the treatment can improve functioning of emotion regulation brain circuitry.

BE-SMART Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline and 12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline and 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
FMRI BOLD Signal Changes in Left Amygdala at Baseline and Midpoint
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Blood Oxygen-level Dependent (BOLD) Signal Changes in Left Amygdala at Baseline and at the End of the Intervention
fMRI Functional Connectivity Changes in VPFC From an Amygdala Seed Region at Baseline and Endpoint
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BE-SMART Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: BE-SMARTExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Psychobehavioral intervention with focus either on teaching emotional regulation skills or regularizing daily sleep and activity levels.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
BE-SMART
2017
N/A
~80

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Yale UniversityLead Sponsor
1,848 Previous Clinical Trials
2,737,742 Total Patients Enrolled
6 Trials studying Mood Disorders
591 Patients Enrolled for Mood Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)NIH
2,783 Previous Clinical Trials
2,689,051 Total Patients Enrolled
74 Trials studying Mood Disorders
45,509 Patients Enrolled for Mood Disorders
Hilary P Blumberg, MDPrincipal InvestigatorYale School of Medicine

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Brain Emotion Circuitry-Targeted Self-Monitoring and Regulation Therapy (BE-SMART)
2017. "Brain Emotion Circuitry-Targeted Self-Monitoring and Regulation Therapy (BE-SMART)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03183388.
~10 spots leftby Apr 2025
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