Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:37 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:37 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00519935
Brief Summary:
The protocol is a randomized clinical trial providing Multisystemic Therapy (MST), an intensive home-based family psychotherapy intervention, to a group of urban adolescents with poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes and their families.
Detailed Description:
Substantial data exists to demonstrate that improving metabolic control in persons with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) can delay the onset of diabetes complications and reverse some existing complications as well. Unfortunately, those adolescents with T1DM who are at highest risk for diabetes complications are often the most resistant to hospital based care and traditional education/ supportive interventions. They are also faced with multiple barriers to improved metabolic control, which may include lack of knowledge about diabetes, family disorganization and disengagement, high levels of stress and an unhealthy lifestyle. Multisystemic Therapy (MST), a flexible and home-based therapeutic intervention originally designed for use with mental health populations, seems to be a promising approach to providing diabetic adolescents with the ability to engage in consistent and attentive illness management.
The study recruited a sample of 127 adolescents in poor metabolic control and randomly assigned them to either the treatment intervention, MST plus standard medical care, or standard medical care alone. Families randomized to MST received intensive, home-based family therapy for approximately six months. Families completed data collection at baseline and then again at 7, 12 18 and 24 months after study entry.
Study:
NCT00519935
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00519935