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A Trial of Multisystemic Therapy in UK a Statutory Therapeutic Intervention for Young Offenders

NCT ID: NCT01713088

Last Updated: 2012-10-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

108 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-02-28

Brief Summary

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To evaluate whether Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is more effective in reducing youth offending and out-of-home placement in a large, ethnically diverse, urban U.K. sample than an equally comprehensive management protocol; to determine whether MST leads to broader improvements in youth sociality and in mediators believed to be responsible for change in MST.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Participants Are Male and Female Adolescents 13-16 Years at Risk for Continuing to Commit Criminal Offences.

Keywords

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multisystemic therapy, RCT, young offenders, U.K.

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Multisystemic therapy

MST is a family- and community-based intervention that establishes close contact with families to understand and deal with the factors that cause the young person's antisocial behaviour. The intervention targets the individual's adjustment, family relationships, school functioning and peer group affiliations. Therapists help caretakers develop skills to intervene and operate changes in important domains such as young person's individual adjustment, their family relationships, school functioning, and peer group affiliations.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Multisystemic therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

YOT (usual services)

YOT intervention consisted of services currently available to young offenders in accordance with the Youth Justice Board National Standards.These services included supporting the young person to re-engage with education, with substance misuse problems and anger management; training them in social problem-solving skills; and programs to decrease vehicle-crime, violent-offending and knife crime. The treatments were delivered by professional social workers, specialist therapists or probation officers.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

YOT (usual services)

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Multisystemic therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

YOT (usual services)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age between 13 and 16 years;
* living in the home of and being brought up by a parent or principal caretaker;
* on a court referral order for treatment or a supervision order of at least 3 months' duration, or, following imprisonment, on license in the community for at least 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria

* being a sex offender;
* presented only with substance misuse;
* diagnosed with a psychotic illness or posed a risk to trial personnel;
* incompatible agency involvement (e.g., ongoing care proceedings).
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Brandon Centre, London

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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The Brandon Centre

London, London, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Butler S, Baruch G, Hickey N, Fonagy P. A randomized controlled trial of multisystemic therapy and a statutory therapeutic intervention for young offenders. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Dec;50(12):1220-35.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.09.017. Epub 2011 Nov 6.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22115143 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.brandon-centre.org.uk/

Related Info

Other Identifiers

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MSTBC2012

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

MSTBC2012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id