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Pediatric Aggression and Violence

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01253343
First received: November 1, 2010
Last updated: January 12, 2012
Last verified: January 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

Violence and aggression on pediatric psychiatry units has led to staff and patient injuries and even deaths around the country. In an effort to improve safety, the investigators have developed a method (with the Brief Rating of Child and Adolescent Aggression) of identifying children and adolescents at a higher risk for aggression and violence on the units. In order to improve this prediction, the investigators plan to study salivary hormones in low risk children and high risk children. The salivary hormones to be studied include cortisol, testosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS). The investigators expect to improve the investigators current ability to predict the severity and type of pediatric aggression and violence on the inpatient units by combining information from the Brief Rating of Child and Adolescent Aggression (BRACHA), the Predatory-Affective Aggression Scale (Vitiello et al., 1990), and salivary hormones.


Condition
Pediatric Aggression and Violence

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Salivary Hormones and Pediatric Aggression and Violence: A Feasibility Study

Further study details as provided by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Salivary hormones [ Time Frame: Collected on one or two days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • BRACHA and The Predatory Affective Aggression Scales [ Time Frame: One Day ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 24
Study Start Date: September 2011
Estimated Study Completion Date: September 2012
Estimated Primary Completion Date: September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts
inpatient high aggression
inpatient low aggression

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   7 Years to 9 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

A total of 24 male subjects (ages 7-11) will be recruited to two groups from inpatient units at CCHMC:

  1. Inpatient high aggression: Twelve inpatient males (6 African-American and 6 Caucasian) will be recruited based on completion of the BRACHA and the Predatory-Affective Aggression Scale.
  2. Inpatient low aggression: Twelve inpatient males (6 African-American and 6 Caucasian) will be recruited based on completion of the BRACHA and the Predatory-Affective Aggression Scales.
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Prepubescent males (per parent report), African American or Caucasian, between 7 and 9 years old
  2. Ability of the subject to provide assent
  3. Ability of the guardian to give parental permission
  4. Completion of the BRACHA questionnaire
  5. Completion of the PAAS questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Viral or bacterial infection or treatment with antibiotics within two weeks of screening
  2. Recent surgery (within 8 weeks of screening)
  3. Bleeding gums (within 8 weeks of screening)
  4. Currently detained in a juvenile detention
  5. Currently taking medications such as antipsychotic medications (besides Aripiprazole), steroids and beta adrenergic agonists that affect hormones
  6. If it is the investigator's clinical judgment that the subject should be excluded if it is in the subject's best interest or due to any other factor that may interfere with study results
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01253343

Locations
United States, Ohio
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229
Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01253343     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2010-0892
Study First Received: November 1, 2010
Last Updated: January 12, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Aggression
Behavioral Symptoms

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013