Digitally Enhanced Stepped-Care for Depression in Primary Care
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Behavioral Activation Therapy App, Telehealth Delivered Behavioral Activation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Depression. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Digitally Enhanced Stepped-Care for Depression in Primary Care: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial to Support Scalable Deployment and Commercialization
Overview
This pilot, three-arm randomized clinical trial (N=40; 2:1:1) will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a digitally enhanced stepped-care approach for depression treatment in primary care. Participants will be randomized to: (1) stepped-care beginning with a self-guided Behavioral Activation app (Moodivate), with stepping to clinician-delivered telebehavioral health Behavioral Activation at Week 2 based on app engagement and early PHQ-9 change; (2) telebehavioral health Behavioral Activation; or (3) Moodivate alone. The primary endpoint is feasibility of the stepped-care approach, defined as continued engagement after stepping (≥1 Moodivate use/week for \>4 weeks or ≥4 therapy sessions). The secondary endpoint is change in PHQ-9 scores from baseline through Week 12. The study will be conducted within MUSC Primary Care clinics across South Carolina using remote screening, e-consent, and REDCap assessments.
Interventions
- Behavioral Behavioral Activation Therapy App
Moodivate focuses on tracking daily activities, recording daily mood, and identifying new activities to complete that may help improve mood. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaire measures at baseline and weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12. - Behavioral Telehealth Delivered Behavioral Activation
8 sessions of telehealth-delivered Behavioral Activation with a mental health provider over a 10-week period.
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility of Digitally Enhanced Stepped-Care [Time frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Change Over Time in Depression Severity [Time frame: 12 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- elevated depression symptoms (score of >=10 on the PHQ-9)
- age >=18 years
- owns an iOS or Android smartphone
- willing to use Moodivate
- willing to engage in telehealth depression treatment
- access to email or text messaging (for assessments)
- English fluency
Exclusion criteria
- current receipt of psychosocial depression treatment (e.g., individual or group therapy)
- current suicidal ideation, defined as a response >=1 ("several days") on PHQ-9 item nine
- does not live in the state of South Carolina
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07634705 · Pro00150034