Evaluation of AIT Study

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-09-30

Study Completion Date

2020-11-30

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

Specialized treatment of personality disorders (PD) in youth has been neglected for a long time, because these disorders were not diagnosed before the age of 18. Since 2013 the age threshold has been dropped in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-5, and such change is also announced for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11. There is broad consensus from both scientific evidence and clinical experience that specialized early interventions in adolescents with PD are urgently needed.

In the last decades a number of specialized psychotherapeutic treatment programs have been developed. Despite their conceptual differences, many of the treatment models have shown significant effects in the treatment of PD in adults. However, the treatment of adolescents with PD remains difficult and further enhancement and development of treatments is needed.

Given the different therapeutic approaches available, the present project aims to go beyond the comparison of integral therapeutic models in the classical outcome study design. While outcome research is important to build on the evidence of the effectiveness of an intervention, it contributes little to its understanding and refinement. The aim of the present multi-center project is to compare two therapeutic methods used in routine care:

* Adolescent Identity Treatment (AIT)
* Dialectic Behavioral Treatment for Adolescents (DBT-A)

Treatments will be performed at different study centers and compared using the same measures of outcome. The main outcome will be psychosocial functioning.

Additionally, the psychotherapy process will be investigated to explore specific and unspecific mechanisms of the therapeutic process, its outcome and mediators.

Related Clinical Trials

Explore similar clinical trials based on study characteristics and research focus.

Social Integration During Psychiatric Inpatient Therapy as Predictor of Treatment Response

NCT04770038

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

COMPLETED

Efficacy of Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Informed Clinical Management in BPD High MHS Users

NCT01356069

Heavy MHS Use General Psychopathology Working Alliance

COMPLETED NA

Impact of Therapeutic Alliance on Dropout in a Naturalistic Sample of Patients With Borderline Pathology Receiving Residential DBT

NCT05289583

Borderline Personality Disorder Psychotherapy Dropout

COMPLETED

The Influence of Treatment Format on Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder

NCT05986552

Borderline Personality Disorder

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION NA

Effectiveness of Group Based Schema Therapy in the Treatment of Personality Disorders

NCT00247234

Personality Disorder, Borderline Avoidant Personality Disorder

COMPLETED NA

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Personality Disorders Borderline Personality Disorder

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Adolescent Identity Treatment

Psychotherapeutic treatment performed routinely at the centres in Basel and Santiago de Chile

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Adolescent Identity Treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Integrative Approach for the treatment of adolescents with Personality Disorder.

Manual was published in 2013.

DBT-A

Psychotherapeutic treatment performed routinely at the centre in Heidelberg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

DBT-A

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Dialectic Behavioral Treatment for Adolescents is the most commonly used Approach for the Treatment of adolescents with Boderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Adolescent Identity Treatment

Integrative Approach for the treatment of adolescents with Personality Disorder.

Manual was published in 2013.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

DBT-A

Dialectic Behavioral Treatment for Adolescents is the most commonly used Approach for the Treatment of adolescents with Boderline Personality Disorder

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Identity Diffusion (AIDA T-score \> 60)
* borderline Criteria (SKID-II)

Exclusion Criteria

* intelligence quotient (IQ) \< 80
* psychotic disorder
* pervasive developmental disorders
* heavy and persistent substance abuse
* major somatic or neurological disease
* hospital treatment

Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No