Ullevål PersonalityProject
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Purpose
Ullevål PersonalityProject is a ranomized controlled trial of treatment of patients with personality disorder. It's main purpose is to test the effect of a long-term combined treatment program compared with eclectic individual therapy for patients with personality disorders.
The main study hypothesis is that long-term combined treatment is superior to eclectic individual therapy with respect to improvement in personality functioning, psychosocial functioning, symptoms, interpersonal problems, and self destructive behavior for poorly functioning patients with personality disorders.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Personality Disorders |
Behavioral: Combined psychotherapy Behavioral: Outpatient individual psychotherapy |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Ullevål PersonalityProject. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intensive Daytreatment Followed by Outpatient Long-term Combined Treatment Compared With Eclectic Individual Therapy for Patients With Personality Disorders |
- Psychosocial functioning [ Time Frame: The outcomes will be assessed after 8, 18, 36, and 72 months: ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- symptom distress [ Time Frame: after 8, 18, 36 and 72 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- self esteem [ Time Frame: after 8, 18, 36 and 72 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- interpersonal problems, [ Time Frame: after 8, 18, 36 and 72 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- self destructive behavior, [ Time Frame: after 8, 18, 36 and 72 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- personality pathology, [ Time Frame: after 36 and 72 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- quality of life, [ Time Frame: after 8, 18, 36 and 72 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- health care utilization after [ Time Frame: after 8, 18, 36 and 72 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- affect consciousness [ Time Frame: after 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- reflective functioning [ Time Frame: after 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 120 |
| Study Start Date: | May 2004 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2012 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | March 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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Experimental: Combined psychotherapy
18 weeks day hospital treatment followed by long-term outpatient combined group- and individual psychotherapy
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Behavioral: Combined psychotherapy
18 weeks day hospital treatment followed by long-term outpatient combined group-and individual psychotherapy
Other Name: CP
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Active Comparator: Outpatient individual psychotherapy
Eclectic individual psychotherapy in outpatient private practice
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Behavioral: Outpatient individual psychotherapy
Eclectic individual psychotherapy in private practice
Other Name: OIP
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Detailed Description:
Ullevål PersonalityProject is a ranomized controlled trial of treatment of patients with personality disorder. It's main purpose is to test the effect of a long-term combined treatment program compared with eclectic individual therapy for poorly functioning patients with personality disorders.
The experiment treatment is guided by written treatment guidelines and comprises:
- 18 weeks intensive day treatment
- followed by long-term outpatient combined group psychotherapy and individual therapy for 4 and 2,5 years respectively.
The control treatment comprises:
1. eclectic psychotherapy, here understood as psychotherapy according to the preference and regular practice of the therapist.
120 patients with personality disorders admitted to Department of personality psychiatry, Psychiatric division, Ullevål University Hospital are randomized to either experiment or control condition. The patients are evaluated at baseline and after 8, 18, 36, 72 months. The evaluations comprise a large battery of psychological tests and structured interviews.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 50 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with personality disorders admitted to Department for personality psychiatry, Psychiatric division, Ullevål University Hospital
Exclusion Criteria:
- Schizotypal personality disorder, antisocial personaliy disorder, current alcohol or drug dependence, developmental disorders (e.g. Asperger), symptoms due to organic conditions, and lack of a permanent residence.
Contacts and Locations| Norway | |
| Department for personality psychiatry, Psychiatric division, Ullevål University Hospital | |
| Oslo, Norway, 0407 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Theresa Wilberg, M.D.Ph.D. | Ullevaal University Hospital |
More Information
Publications:
| Responsible Party: | Theresa Wilberg, director of medicine, Oslo University Hospital |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00378248 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | UPP |
| Study First Received: | September 18, 2006 |
| Last Updated: | July 3, 2011 |
| Health Authority: | Norway: "Ullevål University Hospital" |
Keywords provided by Oslo University Hospital:
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Personality disorders, Day treatment, Group psychotherapy, |
Combined psychotherapy, Outcome, Attachment pattern |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Personality Disorders Mental Disorders |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013