BEhavioral Health Stratified Treatment (BEST) Study for Youth With Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
NCT ID: NCT05520983
Last Updated: 2025-03-07
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ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
NA
780 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-09-01
2028-01-01
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Detailed Description
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Aims: This study is a two-arm randomized clinical trial to evaluate the comparable efficacy of (1) MCHB Care Coordination alone vs. (2) MCHB Care Coordination plus CHECK in: (Aim 1) decreasing symptoms and episodes of depression and anxiety over time among at-risk transition-age youth with I/DD; (Aim 2) improving health behaviors, adaptive functioning and health related quality of life among transition-age youth with I/DD; (Aim 3) increasing health care transition (HCT) readiness among transition-age youth with I/DD; and (Aim 4) improving engagement and satisfaction with care coordination among stakeholders across multiple levels.
Comparators: 1. IL MCHB Care Coordination 2. IL MCHB Care Coordination + CHECK
1. MCHB Care Coordination: funded through the Social Security Act of 1935 Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, this is the oldest and most universal care coordination model for children with I/DD. The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) is the Illinois (IL) state Title V MCHB care coordination agency and has annual contact with over 19,000 families and youth in IL. MCHB (known as DSCC) Care Coordination involves: comprehensive needs assessments, person-centered planning, and linkage to health care and social resources. MCHB care coordination has established efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability in improving child and family functioning, youth health, and health care access.
2. MCHB Care Coordination plus CHECK: includes all elements of MCHB care coordination, described above, plus the CHECK program. CHECK consists of: a trained, behavioral health care team; an evidence-based treatment algorithm to classify risk for depression and anxiety (minimal, subclinical and clinical symptomatology) and guide treatment advancement \[Tier 1/selective: cognitive behavioral psychoeducation; Tier 2/indicated: cognitive-behavioral prevention groups; Tier 3/treatment: individualized or group cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT)\]; as well as structures and processes to support communication, coordination and data sharing between MCHB care coordinators and CHECK staff. The CHECK Tiers are based upon the Coping with Depression-Youth curriculum and employ a psychoeducational approach to teach youth cognitive behavioral skills to prevent or reduce depression and anxiety symptoms and episodes (Clarke et al; integrative CBT model). The CHECK program was implemented within a large, community-based care coordination system, reached Level 6 integration (Full Collaboration in a Transformed /Merged Integrated Practice), and demonstrated feasibility, acceptability and favorable impacts on health, engagement and other outcomes.
Study Population: The investigators will recruit N=780 (N1=390; N2=390) transition-age youth with I/DD (13-20 years) from the IL MCHB Care Coordination program (i.e., DSCC), which serves a large racially, geographically, and socioeconomically diverse population across IL (23.65% Hispanic/Latino; 20.13% African American; 3.53% Asian; 50.20% White; 0.12% American Indian/Native Alaskan; 0.06% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander) (57.00% male; 40.20% female; 2.70% transgender/non binary). Eligibility criteria include being a current DSCC participant, aged 13-20 years, with a minimum 4th grade reading level, and prior diagnosed I/DD. I/DD are chronic conditions, beginning at birth or prior to age 22 years, and include physical, learning, language, and/or behavioral impairments. Participants must be competent to consent. Exclusion criteria include severe intellectual disability (ID) (i.e., IQ\<50) and reading below a 4th grade level. Assuming 10% loss to follow-up, the investigators require N = 780 for the 2-arm study.
Analytic Plan: The experimental design of the study is a 2 Group (MCHB care coordination vs. MCHB care coordination + CHECK intervention), 4 Times (0 baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months) repeated measures design. The goal is to determine whether the combination of MCHB care coordination plus CHECK yields greater improvement in patient outcomes over time than MCHB care coordination alone. The outcomes are continuous approximately normal multi-item scales (AIM 1: depression/anxiety symptomatology; AIM 2: health behaviors, adaptive functioning and health related quality of life; AIM 3: health care transition readiness; and AIM 4: engagement and satisfaction) which will be analyzed using linear mixed models (LMMs) that are the modern standard for analysis of repeated measures. The generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) will be used to analyze repeated outcomes that are categorical or counts (AIM 1: depression and anxiety episodes). In this design, contrasts can be used to test omnibus and group-specific (interaction) changes from baseline. Our primary model will include covariates for stratification variables (Z, W). Moreover, by introducing patient subgroups (S), it is possible to examine 3-way interactions (G T S) to test for the heterogeneity of treatment effects.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Illinois MCHB Care Coordination
MCHB Care Coordination is funded through the Social Security Act of 1935 Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, this is the oldest and most universal care coordination model for children with I/DD. The University of Illinois Chicago Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) is the Illinois (IL) state Title V MCHB care coordination agency and has annual contact with over 19,000 families and youth in IL. MCHB (known as DSCC) Care Coordination involves: comprehensive needs assessments, person-centered planning, and linkage to health care and social resources. MCHB care coordination has established efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability in improving child and family functioning, youth health, and health care access.
Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Care Coordination
MCHB Care Coordination, funded through the Social Security Act of 1935 Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, is the oldest and most universal care coordination model for children with I/DD. MCHB Care Coordination involves: comprehensive needs assessments, person-centered planning, and linkage to health care and social resources. MCHB care coordination has established efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability in improving child and family functioning, youth health, and health care access.
Illinois MCHB Care Coordination + CHECK tiered behavioral health
MCHB Care Coordination plus CHECK: includes all elements of MCHB care coordination, described above, plus the CHECK program. The CHECK program consists of a trained, behavioral health care team; an evidence-based treatment algorithm to classify risk for depression and anxiety (minimal, subclinical and clinical symptomatology) and guide treatment advancement \[Tier 1/selective: cognitive behavioral psycho-education; Tier 2/indicated: cognitive-behavioral prevention groups; Tier 3/treatment: individualized or group cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT)\]; as well as structures and processes to support communication, coordination and data sharing between MCHB care coordinators and CHECK staff.
Adapted Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) Treatment
Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) has been adapted for use with youth with I/DD. The intervention consists of virtual, manualized treatment groups for 10 weekly, 75-minute sessions plus 6 monthly, 60-minute sessions. Caregivers of participants will meet twice: weeks one and 16.
Adapted Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) Prevention
Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) has been adapted for youth with I/DD. TEAMS Prevention is a 10-session group depression prevention program teaching teens how to deal with stress and negative moods, and ways to manage low mood based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and strategies. Efficacy has been demonstrated by several trials over time.
Adapted Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral & Interpersonal Training (CATCH-IT)
Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral \& Interpersonal Training (CATCH-IT) has been adapted for youth with I/DD. CATCH-IT is an internet-based depression prevention program that targets decreasing modifiable risk factors while enhancing protective factors in at-risk adolescents, and that includes a parent program. It has been shown to be safe, feasible, and efficacious. All adolescents will receive 8 engagement texts during their participation in the study - at 1-week, 1-month, 6-weeks, and 2-, 3-, 5-, and 5.5-months - to encourage participation in the online modules.
Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families caregiving curriculum is an evidence-based, self-directed, virtual skills training for caregivers. Information and instructions on accessing the Strengthening Families parenting skills training curriculum will be included on the virtual resource website https://strengtheningfamilieslessons.org/.
Virtual psycho-educational discussion groups for caregivers and participants
The BEST project will host a total of 10 virtual psycho-educational workshops per year (5 for participants and 5 for caregivers) for the duration of the intervention period of the study. Workshops will be delivered remotely via Zoom and facilitated by graduate students in health/behavioral health. Simultaneous language interpreter services will be provided. Principles of universal design in learning will be applied to the content and delivery of workshops. Workshops are an optional resource available to all participants and families in the intervention condition. Topics for the virtual discussion groups will be determined based on pilot data and input from participants and caregivers.
Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Care Coordination
MCHB Care Coordination, funded through the Social Security Act of 1935 Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, is the oldest and most universal care coordination model for children with I/DD. MCHB Care Coordination involves: comprehensive needs assessments, person-centered planning, and linkage to health care and social resources. MCHB care coordination has established efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability in improving child and family functioning, youth health, and health care access.
Interventions
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Adapted Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) Treatment
Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) has been adapted for use with youth with I/DD. The intervention consists of virtual, manualized treatment groups for 10 weekly, 75-minute sessions plus 6 monthly, 60-minute sessions. Caregivers of participants will meet twice: weeks one and 16.
Adapted Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) Prevention
Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS) has been adapted for youth with I/DD. TEAMS Prevention is a 10-session group depression prevention program teaching teens how to deal with stress and negative moods, and ways to manage low mood based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and strategies. Efficacy has been demonstrated by several trials over time.
Adapted Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral & Interpersonal Training (CATCH-IT)
Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral \& Interpersonal Training (CATCH-IT) has been adapted for youth with I/DD. CATCH-IT is an internet-based depression prevention program that targets decreasing modifiable risk factors while enhancing protective factors in at-risk adolescents, and that includes a parent program. It has been shown to be safe, feasible, and efficacious. All adolescents will receive 8 engagement texts during their participation in the study - at 1-week, 1-month, 6-weeks, and 2-, 3-, 5-, and 5.5-months - to encourage participation in the online modules.
Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families caregiving curriculum is an evidence-based, self-directed, virtual skills training for caregivers. Information and instructions on accessing the Strengthening Families parenting skills training curriculum will be included on the virtual resource website https://strengtheningfamilieslessons.org/.
Virtual psycho-educational discussion groups for caregivers and participants
The BEST project will host a total of 10 virtual psycho-educational workshops per year (5 for participants and 5 for caregivers) for the duration of the intervention period of the study. Workshops will be delivered remotely via Zoom and facilitated by graduate students in health/behavioral health. Simultaneous language interpreter services will be provided. Principles of universal design in learning will be applied to the content and delivery of workshops. Workshops are an optional resource available to all participants and families in the intervention condition. Topics for the virtual discussion groups will be determined based on pilot data and input from participants and caregivers.
Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Care Coordination
MCHB Care Coordination, funded through the Social Security Act of 1935 Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, is the oldest and most universal care coordination model for children with I/DD. MCHB Care Coordination involves: comprehensive needs assessments, person-centered planning, and linkage to health care and social resources. MCHB care coordination has established efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability in improving child and family functioning, youth health, and health care access.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
13 Years
20 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Wellesley College
OTHER
The Arc of Illinois
UNKNOWN
University of Chicago
OTHER
University of California, Los Angeles
OTHER
University of Illinois at Chicago
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Benjamin Van Voorhees, MD, MPH
Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics
Principal Investigators
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Kristin L Berg, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Illinois at Chicago
Benjamin W Van Voorhees, MD, MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Illinois at Chicago
Iulia Mihaila, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
University of Illinois at Chicago
Locations
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Specialized Care for Children
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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CHAIRb 21092401
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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