New Moms Mood Tracking & Wellbeing

NCT ID: NCT05056454

Last Updated: 2024-07-31

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 166 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-15
• Study Completion Date: 2024-04-01

Brief Summary

New moms can be at risk for perinatal depression (PND). The New Moms Mood Tracking and Wellbeing study is investigating mood changes, risk factors for depression and anxiety and treatment response around the time of delivery. Participants will be asked to complete three sets of online surveys between week 28 gestation and week 20 after delivery, in addition to downloading an app to collect data using their smartphone sensors and brief symptom surveys every other week. Women with elevated symptoms will be eligible to participate in a treatment study. Women who are eligible for the treatment study will be randomized to one of two conditions - Perinatal Psychiatric Care or Screening and Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (STAND). In Perinatal Psychiatric Care, participants will receive appointments with psychiatry clinicians for medication management and supportive therapy. In STAND, participants will be allocated to Online therapy with Coaching or Clinical Care, which includes both psychotherapy and psychiatry appointments. Treatment can last up to 6 months and there will be treatment related assessments for the duration of the 6 months, in addition to brief symptom surveys on a regular basis. Therefore, participation can last between 24 and 52 weeks, as both time of delivery and treatment enrollment timepoint cannot be scheduled in advance.

Conditions

Depression; Perinatal Depression; Anxiety; Pregnancy Related

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Perinatal Psychiatric Care

This treatment condition is modelled after the psychiatry-delivered treatment usually provided at the Maternal Outpatient Mental Health Services (MOMS) Clinic associated with the UCLA Westwood OB-GYN Clinic and Department of Psychiatry.

Group Type: OTHER

Perinatal Psychiatric Care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Perinatal psychiatric care involves medication management and supportive therapy for up to six months, with referrals to relevant community resources by the final visit.

Screening and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression (STAND)

This treatment condition provides access to a system of care, in which type of treatment is allocated based on presenting symptomatology. Participants will learn their allocation from study staff or participants will create a secure account through STAND to learn about their allocation through the STAND online dashboard. Through their STAND online dashboard, they could also have access to their CAT-MH results over time from the start of treatment.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Online therapy with coaching within STAND

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants with moderate depressive symptoms on the CAT-MH (and no current suicidality) will meet with a trained coach, and receive access to online course materials from one of 2 lesson platforms - ThisWayUp's MUMentum course or UCLA DGC's ParentMood course. The efficacy of each online course will be compared for equivalency.

Participants are encouraged to practice their lesson homework for at least one week before meeting with their coach and starting the next lesson.

Clinical care within STAND

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants with severe depressive symptoms or significant suicidality on the CAT-MH will be allocated to access clinical care, which entails weekly psychotherapy sessions and psychiatric care, when needed or appropriate. While clinical care will be available for the entire 6-month duration of the treatment component of the study, participants will be informed that on average therapy is completed within 13 sessions. The schedule of psychiatric care will be determined by the provider.

Interventions

Online therapy with coaching within STAND

Participants with moderate depressive symptoms on the CAT-MH (and no current suicidality) will meet with a trained coach, and receive access to online course materials from one of 2 lesson platforms - ThisWayUp's MUMentum course or UCLA DGC's ParentMood course. The efficacy of each online course will be compared for equivalency.

Participants are encouraged to practice their lesson homework for at least one week before meeting with their coach and starting the next lesson.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Clinical care within STAND

Participants with severe depressive symptoms or significant suicidality on the CAT-MH will be allocated to access clinical care, which entails weekly psychotherapy sessions and psychiatric care, when needed or appropriate. While clinical care will be available for the entire 6-month duration of the treatment component of the study, participants will be informed that on average therapy is completed within 13 sessions. The schedule of psychiatric care will be determined by the provider.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Perinatal Psychiatric Care

Perinatal psychiatric care involves medication management and supportive therapy for up to six months, with referrals to relevant community resources by the final visit.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Women who are between week 28 of their pregnancy and 6 months postpartum and are receiving care at a UCLA OB-GYN clinic
• Fluent in English
• Current endorsement of moderate or higher depression on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS, => 11 sum score), administered by the treating OB-GYN physician or study staff
• Not currently in individual treatment for a behavioral or emotional problem (e.g., anxiety, depression)
• Willingness to follow study procedures
• Willingness to participate in treatment through the study and follow all study procedures, including provide HIPAA Authorization for research
• Has access to the internet via mobile or desktop device

Exclusion Criteria

• Are currently receiving treatment by a therapist or a psychiatrist
• Unstable suicidality (e.g., 2 or more suicide attempts or self-injurious behaviors resulting in hospitalization in the last 6 months, combined with high ratings on self-reported negative urgency)
• Current substance use disorder that interferes with treatment: specifically, patients meeting diagnostic criteria for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) will be eligible for inclusion only if they are able to attend sessions while not under the influence of that substance, with the exception of individuals abusing opiates or freebase cocaine, who will be excluded
• Principal diagnosis of psychosis unrelated to depression (unipolar or bipolar)
• Neurological conditions
• Severe uncontrolled medical conditions (e.g., anorexia nervosa, cardiac conditions requiring continuous monitoring)
• Cognitive impairment (e.g., developmental disability, dementia)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of California, Los Angeles

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Michelle Craske

Distinguished Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California, United States

Countries

United States

References

Wolitzky-Taylor K, Richards MC, Welborn A, McDonald V, Arnaudova I, Fears S, O'Mahen H, Newby JM, Millard M, Metts AV, Stein A, Freimer N, Craske MG. Study protocol: perinatal mood treatment study. Trials. 2024 Aug 6;25(1):525. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08086-w.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 39107820 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

20-001924

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id