Recruiting

Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy

Sponsor:

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System

Code:

NCT03945136

Conditions

Depression

Anxiety

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of the proposed project is to collect data from clinician files and the electronic medical record to describe the clinical implementation of Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT), an individual psychotherapy for depression and anxiety, at the VA through psychology staff and trainees between 2012-present.

Conditions

Depression

Anxiety

Study ID

NCT03945136

Start date

Mar 15, 2016

Status verified date

Mar, 2021

Completion date

Dec 31, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 31, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

- receive DIT treatment at VANYHHS between 2012-present

Exclusion Criteria:

- was not referred for, or did not receive at least 1 DIT session at VANYHHS between 2012-present

Study Design

Enrollment

150 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy

Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy is a time-limited, manualized, interpersonal and affect-focused psychodynamic treatment that is frequently used to target depression and anxiety.

Primary outcome measure

  • Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [ Time Frame: Total score collected at each weekly session of DIT, up to 16 weeks.; Scale: 0-4: Minimal depression; 5-9: Mild depression; 10-14: Moderate Depression; 15-19: Moderately Severe Depression; 20-27: Severe Depression ]
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale - 7 Item (GAD-7) [ Time Frame: Total score collected at each weekly session of DIT, up to 16 weeks. Scale: 0-5: Mild Anxiety; 6-10: Moderate Anxiety; 11-15: Severe Anxiety ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Cory K Chen, PhD

212-686-7500cory.chen@va.gov

Lauren Wash, MA

212-686-7500lauren.wash@va.gov

Locations

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10010

Contacts

Stanley John, MD

212-686-7500

Principal Investigator:

Cory K. Chen, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System

Last update posted

Apr 1, 2021

Last verified

Mar, 2021

Keywords

  • veterans
  • depression
  • anxiety
  • psychodynamic
  • psychotherapy
  • treatment

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by VA New York Harbor Healthcare System on 2021-04-01.