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Listening to Women for Depression

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Medical University of South Carolina
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
1) age 18-41; 2) currently pregnant or postpartum; 3) if pregnant, receiving prenatal care; 4) English fluency; 5) owner of a cell phone with short message service (SMS) text-message based capability; 6) access to Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) and a device to allow audio and video teleconferencing; 7) able to provide informed consent.
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up during pregnancy and the postpartum year
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Study Summary

This trial will compare the effects of a text-message based mental health screening and intervention program to usual care in pregnant and postpartum women.

Eligible Conditions
  • Depression
  • Substance Abuse
  • Pregnancy
  • Anxiety

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~during pregnancy and the postpartum year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and during pregnancy and the postpartum year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Attendance to Treatment (specific aim 2)
Change in Maternal Functioning (specific aim 1)
Change in Mental Health Symptoms (specific aim 1)
+3 more
Secondary outcome measures
Attrition (specific aim 1)
Change in Health-Related Social Needs
Change in Health-Related Social Needs (specific aim 1)
+10 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Listening to WomenExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This group will receive text-message based SBIRT with phone based assessment and referral to treatment. The SBIRT is a survey with 9 questions related to depression, anxiety, substance abuse (alcohol, cigarettes, other drugs including prescription medication), and domestic violence.
Group II: Treatment as UsualActive Control1 Intervention
This group will receive in-person screening and referral to treatment assessment. The same screening tools are used to assess substance abuse and mental health problems in LTW and TAU groups.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Listening to Women
2020
N/A
~420

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Medical University of South CarolinaLead Sponsor
932 Previous Clinical Trials
7,393,845 Total Patients Enrolled
40 Trials studying Depression
6,538 Patients Enrolled for Depression

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any eligibility criteria for participation in this clinical experiment?

"This clinical trial is currently accepting 350 participants who are between 18 and 41 years old, as well as clinically diagnosed with depression."

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Does this research endeavor have an age restriction for participants?

"This research requires participants to be older than 18 years old yet younger than 41."

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How many people have registered for this research trial?

"Indeed, the data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov verifies that this medical research is currently recruiting patients. To date, it has been listed since December 15th 2020 and was last updated on September 8th 2022. The investigators intend to enrol a total of 350 individuals across 1 trial site."

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What is the desired outcome of this trial?

"This trial has Time to Treatment as its primary outcome, and Recruitment, Attrition, and Improved Health-Related Social Needs as secondary outcomes. The test period spans the duration of pregnancy up until a postpartum year with assessments made at regular intervals throughout this time. Specifically, recruitment is measured by comparing those who agreed to enroll versus total participants solicited while attrition focuses on those that prematurely terminate or cannot be contacted for referral/treatment. Lastly, improved health related social needs are tracked using Accountable Health Communities (AHC) HRSN Screening Tool among LTW patients compared to TAU counterparts."

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Are new participants being sought for this experiment?

"Clinicaltrials.gov shows that this trial, which was initially listed on December 15th 2020 is still recruiting individuals. The record of the experiment has been refreshed as recently as September 8th 2022."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Michigan
How old are they?
18 - 65
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Did not meet criteria
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT): Remote SBIRT Vs. In-Person SBIRT
Constance Guille 2020. "Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT): Remote SBIRT Vs. In-Person SBIRT". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04630249.
~96 spots leftby Apr 2025
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