Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Leveraging Telepsychology and Behavioral Economics to Increase Fidelity to CBT
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pennsylvania
Conditions:
Implementation Science
Eligibility:
All Genders
14+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to develop and test a telehealth tool intended to support community mental health clinicians to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The main aims of the study are to...
Detailed Description
Our primary goal in this exploratory project is to develop, iteratively, refine and evaluate the preliminary effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of "Tele-BE," a novel telehealth platform tha...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Prototyping open trial phase:
- Clinician Participants
- Clinician is an outpatient mental health clinician in the City of Philadelphia trained in transdiagnostic CBT through the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science
- Clinician has completed the 22-hour intensive CBT workshop through the BCI
- Clinician provides direct mental health services to a treatment-seeking population via telehealth
- Proficient in English language
- Has access to a computer with internet connectivity
- Patient Participants
- Patient is 14 years or older
- Patient is receiving CBT from a participating clinician
- Patient is able to provide informed consent (or if the client is between the ages of 14-17, the client is able to assent and has a legal guardian who is able to provide consent)
- Proficient in English language
- Patient has had at least one prior telehealth therapy session with enrolled therapist
- Has access to a computer with internet connectivity or smartphone through which they regularly attend telehealth therapy sessions
- Pilot randomized controlled trial phase:
- Clinician Participants
- Clinician is an outpatient mental health clinician in the City of Philadelphia trained in transdiagnostic CBT through the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science
- Clinician has completed the 22-hour intensive CBT workshop through the BCI
- Clinician is a practicing mental health clinician in the Philadelphia region in one of our partner local community agencies delivering telehealth services
- Clinician has at least 2 clients on their caseload over the age of 14 with whom they are delivering telehealth services
- Proficient in English language
- Has access to a computer with internet connectivity
- Patient Participants
- Patient is 14 years or older
- Patient is able to provide informed consent (or if the client is between the ages of 14 -17, the client is able to assent and has a legal guardian who is able to provide consent)
- Proficient in English language
- Patient has had at least one prior telehealth therapy session with enrolled therapist
- Has access to a computer with internet connectivity or smartphone through which they regularly attend telehealth therapy sessions
Exclusion
- Prototyping open trial phase:
- Clinician Participants - Clinician does not provide any telehealth services.
- Patient Participants
- Patients will be excluded if they are unable to adequately consent to study procedures. For example, clients may be excluded if they are at imminent risk for suicide or homicide requiring hospitalization.
- Youth under the age of 18 will be excluded from the study if they do not have an available legal guardian who is able to provide consent for their study participation (e.g., the state has legal custody of the youth).
- Patients under the age of 14 will be excluded
- Pilot randomized controlled trial phase:Participants will not be excluded based on sex, demographics, and or past experience.
- Clinician Participants
- \- Clinician does not provide telehealth services to at least 2 individuals on their caseload.
- Patient Participants
- Patients will be excluded if they are unable to adequately consent to study procedures. For example, clients may be excluded if they are at imminent risk for suicide or homicide requiring hospitalization or are experiencing any cognitive impairment that prevents them from participating in therapy on the day their session is to be recorded.
- Youth under the age of 18 will be excluded from the study if they do not have an available legal guardian who is able to provide consent for their study participation (e.g., the state has legal custody of the youth).
- Patients under the age of 14 will be excluded
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 4 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 30 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06601062
Start Date
March 4 2025
End Date
April 30 2027
Last Update
April 22 2025
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104