Recruiting

Parent Management Training

Sponsor:

University of Colorado, Denver

Code:

NCT06020261

Conditions

Irritable Mood

Temper Tantrum

Anger

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 14

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Parent Management Training

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to see if 12 sessions of a Parent Management Training program can treat irritability in children aged 10-14 years old. The main question it aims to answer are:

  • Can a Parent Management Training for parents reduce anger outbursts and cranky moods in their children?
  • Can Parent Management Training be done in an outpatient clinic and do parents like it?

Up to 24 families can join this study.

Parent participants will complete 12 sessions of Parent Management Training for Irritability. Each session will be 45-55 minutes weekly. They will also participate in the assessments of their child before, during and after treatment.

Child participants will do assessments before, during and after the Parent Management Training treatment.

Conditions

Irritable Mood

Temper Tantrum

Anger

Study ID

NCT06020261

Start date

Jun 12, 2025

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jun 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 14

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • clinically significant irritability (Clinician Affective Reactivity Index 30 or greater)
  • parent or guardian with whom the child resides for at least 50% of the time is willing to participate in treatment with the child

Exclusion Criteria:

  • psychiatric instability (danger to self/others, risky substance abuse)
  • current active Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or a severe active stressor (e.g. child abuse)
  • history of severe psychopathology with an established alternate treatment (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, intellectual disability)
  • general medical condition that may be driving irritability or prevent generalizable physiologic measures.
  • screen positive for an intellectual disability via Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Second Edition (WASI II) estimated Intelligence Quotient (IQ)<70.

Study Design

Enrollment

36 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Parent Management Training

12 sessions of manualized Parent Management Training for irritability developed by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Interventions

Parent Management Training

developing parenting skills and competencies dealing with oppositional and irritable behaviors in the child.

Primary outcome measure

  • Demonstrate the feasibility of Parent Management Training (PMT) procedures [ Time Frame: 5 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jami Moe-Hartman, MA

303-724-2259jami.moehartman@cuanschutz.edu

Jessica Hawks, PhD

720-777-8214jessica.hawks@childrenscolorado.org

Locations

Childrens Hospital Colorado

Recruiting

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Contacts

Jessica Hawks, PhD

720-777-8221jessica.hawks@childrenscolorado.org

Principal Investigator:

Joel Stoddard, MAS, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Last update posted

Jul 15, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • irritability
  • anger
  • parenting
  • temper outbursts
  • Parent Management Training

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Colorado, Denver on 2026-07-15.