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Working on Womanhood (WOW) for Anxiety

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by University of Chicago
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Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1-year, 2-year, 3-year, 4-year, 5-year
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Study Summary

This trial will evaluate the impact of a school-based, trauma-informed counseling and clinical mentoring program called Working on Womanhood (WOW) on symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression in young women in Chicago. Secondary outcomes such as school discipline, GPA, high school graduation, and criminal justice involvement, risky behaviors, and other social-emotional learning outcomes will also be examined. The trial will also evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the WOW program.

Eligible Conditions
  • Anxiety
  • Mental Illness
  • Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
  • Traumatic Stress Disorders
  • Behavioral Symptoms
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Depression

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1-year, 2-year, 3-year, 4-year, 5-year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1-year, 2-year, 3-year, 4-year, 5-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
Change in anxiety assessment score
Change in depression assessment score
Change in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assessment score
Secondary outcome measures
Change in absences
Change in course failures
Change in high school graduation
+5 more
Other outcome measures
Change in attention problems (hyperactivity)
Change in decision-making (self-efficacy, future orientation)
Change in emotional regulation
+14 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: WOW Group and Individual CounselingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
These youth will receive Working on Womanhood (WOW) services during academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19 [Cohort 1] or 2018-19 and 2019-20 [Cohort 2]. These young women will participate in weekly group therapy and skill-building sessions, led by master's level clinicians, and will also receive individual support and therapy from their clinicians as-needed.
Group II: Control groupActive Control1 Intervention
These youth will not receive Working on Womanhood (WOW) services during academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19 [Cohort 1] or 2018-19 and 2019-20 [Cohort 2] or after, and will not have contact with WOW clinicians. Control youth will be able to receive all other services available through their school as they normally would, such as access to the school counselor and after school programs.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Working on Womanhood (WOW)
2017
N/A
~5110

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of ChicagoLead Sponsor
1,002 Previous Clinical Trials
812,744 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Anxiety
780 Patients Enrolled for Anxiety
Northwestern UniversityOTHER
1,585 Previous Clinical Trials
912,125 Total Patients Enrolled
20 Trials studying Anxiety
9,467 Patients Enrolled for Anxiety
Youth GuidanceUNKNOWN
1 Previous Clinical Trials
5,344 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
The Impact of a School-Based, Trauma-Informed CBT Intervention for Young Women
2017. "The Impact of a School-Based, Trauma-Informed CBT Intervention for Young Women". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03376633.
~681 spots leftby Apr 2025
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