Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) in the... | NCT00833742

Studies
Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) in the Emergency Department

NCT00833742

Sponsor

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Feb 18, 2025Actual

Enrollment

77Actual

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Somatic Complaints of Multiple Types

Interventions

Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy

Countries

Canada

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Jan 2009

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Jan 2002

Primary Completion Date

Oct 2007Actual

Completion Date

Oct 2007Actual

First Submitted Date

Feb 12, 2008

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Jan 30, 2009

First Posted Date

Feb 2, 2009Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Feb 14, 2025

Last Update Posted Date

Feb 18, 2025Actual

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

Objective: Somatization of emotions accounts for excess Emergency department (ED) visits. Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) has methods to diagnose and manage somatization. We examined the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of ISTDP diagnostic and treatment methods used for patients with repeated ED presentations for medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUS)

Detailed Description

Herein we report the methods and outcomes of rapidly-accessed, emotion-focused diagnostic and treatment services for patients presenting to the ED with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). Patients who were assessed and referred by ED physicians will serve as a non-randomized condition controlling for some relevant variables. Our a priori hypotheses were that assessed and treated patients would have a reduction in ED visits and self reported symptoms after this intervention and that controls would have a smaller reduction in ED visits if any.

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

77Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
1	Experimental	ISTDP therapy was provided	Behavioral: Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy
2	No Intervention	People referred but never seen

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy	Behavioral	A brief psychotherapy format	1

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Emergency department visits pre and post		1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Brief Symptom Inventory		pre and post
Patient Satisfaction		post

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Unexplained symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

Psychosis, substance abuse, suicidality

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Allan A Abbass, MD FRCPC	Capital Health, Canada	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Capital Health		Halifax	Nova Scotia	B3H 2E2	Canada

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
15755376	Background	Abbass A. Somatization: Diagnosing it sooner through emotion-focused interviewing. J Fam Pract. 2005 Mar;54(3):231-9, 243. No abstract available.

ID	Term
D011613	Psychotherapy
D004191	Behavioral Disciplines and Activities