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Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00055315
First received: February 25, 2003
Last updated: December 6, 2007
Last verified: December 2007
History of Changes
  Purpose

This study will expose patients to either a Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) or treatment as usual (TAU) to determine the more effective therapy for treating borderline personality disorder.


Condition Intervention
Borderline Personality Disorder
 Behavioral: Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS)

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Cognitive Group Treatment for Borderline Outpatients

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):

Estimated Enrollment: 160
Study Start Date: July 2002
Study Completion Date: April 2007
Detailed Description:

Participants are randomly assigned to receive either Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) or treatment as usual (TAU) for 20 weeks. STEPPS is a new cognitive behavioral treatment which involves skills training for emotion management and lifestyle behaviors as well as education for the affected individual's family members, friends, and professional caregivers. Participants are assessed at baseline and Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20. Interviews of patient's health care providers and family members and self-rating scales are used to assess patients. Follow-up assessments are made 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after study completion. Participants must live within a reasonable driving distance of Iowa City, IA.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00055315

Locations
United States, Iowa
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  More Information

Publications:
Black, D.W., Blum, N., Pfohl, B., & St. John, D: The STEPPS Group Treatment Program for Outpatients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 34:193-210, 2004.

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00055315     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: R01 MH63746, DATR A2-AIR
Study First Received: February 25, 2003
Last Updated: December 6, 2007
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Borderline Personality Disorder
Personality Disorders
Mental Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013