Living Well With Stroke

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-05-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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The overall goal of this study is to conduct a three-armed randomized controlled trial (RCT) in stroke survivors with depression to determine if a brief psychosocial-behavioral therapy intervention delivered in-person (arm A) or by telephone (arm B) is better than usual care (arm C), in terms of percent reduction in depressive symptoms and % of participants achieving remission of symptoms.

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Detailed Description

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This is the second phase of a study whose aim was to evaluate the short and long-term efficacy of a brief psychosocial/behavioral intervention (with adjunctive antidepressant)for the treatment of post-stroke depression (PSD) in survivors of ischemic stroke (registered as clinical trail NCT00194454). In the earlier trial we demonstrated that a pleasant event/problem-solving brief psychosocial-behavioral therapy delivered by psychosocial nurse practitioners was highly effective in treating major depression and promoting remission in ischemic stroke survivors for up to two years. In this phase, we refine the protocol, and potentially make it more cost effective, by conducting a randomized comparative effectiveness trial of in-person versus telephone delivery of the intervention, comparing with usual care control. We also seek to expand our sample to include hemorrhagic stroke survivors (intraparenchymal hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage) as well as those with ischemic stroke.

Conditions

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Cerebrovascular Stroke Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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In-person behavioral intervention

behavioral counseling plus antidepressant treatment prescribed by participant's own provider; consisted of orientation session plus 6 counseling sessions in person with a psychosocial nurse practitioner

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief pleasurable events/behavioral therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each participant in any arm will be given an American Stroke Association article about stroke and depression, a Stroke Smart Article about caregiver depression, and a pamphlet by the Beck Institute titled "Coping with Depression".

Each participant in Arms 1 and 2 will be given their own manual for the intervention sessions. The intervention consists of one in-person orientation session and 6 weekly sessions with the following topics introducing behavioral therapy, the role of pleasant events, problem-solving skills and generalization techniques. All participants' primary care provider or stroke care provider will receive a letter informing them of their patient's participation (but not of study assignment). This letter will include recommendations for prescribing and adjusting antidepressant treatment using established guidelines adapted for treatment of medically-ill outpatients.

Telephone behavioral intervention

This arm is identical to the in-person Arm except that the intervention is delivered by telephone instead of in-person.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief pleasurable events/behavioral therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each participant in any arm will be given an American Stroke Association article about stroke and depression, a Stroke Smart Article about caregiver depression, and a pamphlet by the Beck Institute titled "Coping with Depression".

Each participant in Arms 1 and 2 will be given their own manual for the intervention sessions. The intervention consists of one in-person orientation session and 6 weekly sessions with the following topics introducing behavioral therapy, the role of pleasant events, problem-solving skills and generalization techniques. All participants' primary care provider or stroke care provider will receive a letter informing them of their patient's participation (but not of study assignment). This letter will include recommendations for prescribing and adjusting antidepressant treatment using established guidelines adapted for treatment of medically-ill outpatients.

Standard care

participants have orientation to the study with the same written materials given those in the experimental arms. Keep a medication log and keep appointments with their own post-stroke provider

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard care

Intervention Type OTHER

The standard care group (Arm C, N=75) will receive standard medical treatment from their provider, including a recommendation for antidepressants. Participants or third-party payers will pay for their antidepressants, just as they would under regular care. All participants receive written materials regarding depression from the American Stroke Association, keep medication logs and receive follow-up assessment on the same time frame as the intervention groups

Interventions

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Brief pleasurable events/behavioral therapy

Each participant in any arm will be given an American Stroke Association article about stroke and depression, a Stroke Smart Article about caregiver depression, and a pamphlet by the Beck Institute titled "Coping with Depression".

Each participant in Arms 1 and 2 will be given their own manual for the intervention sessions. The intervention consists of one in-person orientation session and 6 weekly sessions with the following topics introducing behavioral therapy, the role of pleasant events, problem-solving skills and generalization techniques. All participants' primary care provider or stroke care provider will receive a letter informing them of their patient's participation (but not of study assignment). This letter will include recommendations for prescribing and adjusting antidepressant treatment using established guidelines adapted for treatment of medically-ill outpatients.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard care

The standard care group (Arm C, N=75) will receive standard medical treatment from their provider, including a recommendation for antidepressants. Participants or third-party payers will pay for their antidepressants, just as they would under regular care. All participants receive written materials regarding depression from the American Stroke Association, keep medication logs and receive follow-up assessment on the same time frame as the intervention groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* hospitalized for an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (intraparenchymal hemorrhage- IPH or subarachnoid hemorrhage - SAH) in the past 3 months
* clinical depression symptoms (Geriatric Depression Score -GDS \>= 11

Exclusion Criteria

* major psychiatric co-morbidity
* active suicidal ideation without ability to contract for safety
* current substance abuse
* physical inability to tolerate 1-2 hour sessions
* receptive or global aphasia
* reduced level of consciousness (GCS\<15).

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No