Effects of Structured Skills Training Group in Treatment of ADHD in Adults
NCT ID: NCT02685254
Last Updated: 2018-05-31
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
120 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-02-01
2018-05-15
Brief Summary
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The trial is designed as a multicenter randomized controlled, parallel group study. Patients are randomized into 1 of 2 treatment arms with 14-week duration: one arm with initial intervention by structured skills training groups by weekly sessions or one with control condition (treatment as usual). Then after 15 weeks patients in the control condition arm are switched to the active intervention by 14 weeks of structured group therapy. All patients are assessed for defined outcomes after six months.
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Detailed Description
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Aims: The main objective for the trial is to investigate the potential effects of structured skills training groups in a clinically relevant but still controlled setting on broader outcomes including both symptomatic, functional and health related quality of life measures.
Methods/Design: The trial is designed as a multicenter randomized controlled parallel group design. At each outpatient site the enrolled patients are randomized into two groups for either Group 1 (G1) with start of weekly treatment in active structured skills training group lasting for 14 weeks or allocated to Group 2 (G2) with treatment as usual/clinical management and with 15 weeks delayed start of their group treatment for comparison wth patients in the other arm. Those patients in the control condition arm receiving treatment as usual or clinical management of individual patients (G2), are thereafter switched to active structured skills training group therapy.All patients are followed up after six months with assessments of primary and secondary outcomes.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Initial group therapy
'Structural skills training group' - Start up with weekly structured skills training group for 14 weeks supplemented by homework training
Structural skills training group
Weekly 2-hours sessions for 14 weeks follow the Norwegian translation of the Swedish version of the ADHD skills training manual/workbook (Hesslinger 2010; Hirvikoski 2011; Morgensterns 2015) which is based on an adaption of Marsha Linehan's dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder into a group-based skills training program for adults with ADHD (Hesslinger 2002; Philipsen 2007). The groups embrace 7 - 10 participants, and two group leaders trained in group therapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment or DBT. Each session contains an initial short repetition and feedback on the previous session, followed by review of the homework during the first hour. After a break, a new topic with exercises and homework for the following week is introduced.
Initial control condition
Treatment as usual/clinical management the first 15 weeks pending deferred start of group therapy (partially cross-over)
Treatment as usual
Treatment as usual includes clinical management and/or medication, and or supportive counselling by physician or nurse
Interventions
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Structural skills training group
Weekly 2-hours sessions for 14 weeks follow the Norwegian translation of the Swedish version of the ADHD skills training manual/workbook (Hesslinger 2010; Hirvikoski 2011; Morgensterns 2015) which is based on an adaption of Marsha Linehan's dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder into a group-based skills training program for adults with ADHD (Hesslinger 2002; Philipsen 2007). The groups embrace 7 - 10 participants, and two group leaders trained in group therapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment or DBT. Each session contains an initial short repetition and feedback on the previous session, followed by review of the homework during the first hour. After a break, a new topic with exercises and homework for the following week is introduced.
Treatment as usual
Treatment as usual includes clinical management and/or medication, and or supportive counselling by physician or nurse
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Recently suicidal behaviour
* Substance or alcohol abuse or dependence within three months prior to screening for inclusion
* Pervasive developmental disorder
* Intellectual disability
* Seizures or any neurological diseases causing mental handicap
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Haukeland University Hospital
OTHER
Oslo University Hospital
OTHER
The Hospital of Vestfold
OTHER
University of Oslo
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mats Fredriksen
Chief Attending Physician
Principal Investigators
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Ellen K Munkhaugen, MSED
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Hospital of Oslo
Locations
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Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Vestfold Hospital Trust
Tønsberg, , Norway
Countries
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References
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Philipsen A, Richter H, Peters J, Alm B, Sobanski E, Colla M, Munzebrock M, Scheel C, Jacob C, Perlov E, Tebartz van Elst L, Hesslinger B. Structured group psychotherapy in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: results of an open multicentre study. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2007 Dec;195(12):1013-9. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31815c088b.
Philipsen A, Graf E, Jans T, Matthies S, Borel P, Colla M, Gentschow L, Langner D, Jacob C, Gross-Lesch S, Sobanski E, Alm B, Schumacher-Stien M, Roesler M, Retz W, Retz-Junginger P, Kis B, Abdel-Hamid M, Heinrich V, Huss M, Kornmann C, Burger A, van Elst LT, Berger M. A randomized controlled multicenter trial on the multimodal treatment of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: enrollment and characteristics of the study sample. Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2014 Mar;6(1):35-47. doi: 10.1007/s12402-013-0120-z. Epub 2013 Oct 17.
Philipsen A, Jans T, Graf E, Matthies S, Borel P, Colla M, Gentschow L, Langner D, Jacob C, Gross-Lesch S, Sobanski E, Alm B, Schumacher-Stien M, Roesler M, Retz W, Retz-Junginger P, Kis B, Abdel-Hamid M, Heinrich V, Huss M, Kornmann C, Burger A, Perlov E, Ihorst G, Schlander M, Berger M, Tebartz van Elst L; Comparison of Methylphenidate and Psychotherapy in Adult ADHD Study (COMPAS) Consortium. Effects of Group Psychotherapy, Individual Counseling, Methylphenidate, and Placebo in the Treatment of Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;72(12):1199-210. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2146.
Hirvikoski T, Waaler E, Alfredsson J, Pihlgren C, Holmstrom A, Johnson A, Ruck J, Wiwe C, Bothen P, Nordstrom AL. Reduced ADHD symptoms in adults with ADHD after structured skills training group: results from a randomized controlled trial. Behav Res Ther. 2011 Mar;49(3):175-85. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.01.001. Epub 2011 Jan 14.
Morgensterns E, Alfredsson J, Hirvikoski T. Structured skills training for adults with ADHD in an outpatient psychiatric context: an open feasibility trial. Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2016 Jun;8(2):101-11. doi: 10.1007/s12402-015-0182-1. Epub 2015 Sep 26.
Hesslinger B, Tebartz van Elst L, Nyberg E, Dykierek P, Richter H, Berner M, Ebert D. Psychotherapy of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults--a pilot study using a structured skills training program. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2002 Aug;252(4):177-84. doi: 10.1007/s00406-002-0379-0.
Halmoy A, Ring AE, Gjestad R, Moller M, Ubostad B, Lien T, Munkhaugen EK, Fredriksen M. Dialectical behavioral therapy-based group treatment versus treatment as usual for adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a multicenter randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2022 Nov 28;22(1):738. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-04356-6.
Other Identifiers
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2015/1523 A
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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