An Adaptive Treatment Strategy for Adolescent Depression-Continuation

A Personalized Approach to Achieving a Sustained Response to Treatment for Adolescent Depression

Aim 1: Assess the feasibility and acceptability of the personalized continuation treatment strategy.

Aim 2: Estimate variances of primary and secondary outcomes with the continuation treatment.

Aim 3: Conduct exploratory hypothesis-generating analyses to inform further development of the personalized continuation treatment strategy to be tested in a subsequent R01 proposal.

Male and female adolescents (ages 12-18) will be eligible for the study if they completed acute phase treatment and showed at least a partial response to treatment (CGI-I of minimally improved or better (CGI-I < 3)). Adolescents will enter continuation treatment having either received 12 sessions of IPT-A, 16 sessions of IPT-A, or 12 sessions of IPT-A plus fluoxetine.This is a continuation of the study "An Adaptive Treatment Strategy for Adolescent Depression (PTAD)" NCT01802437

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adolescents and parents must be English-speaking
• Completed acute phase treatment (NCT01802437) and showed at least a partial response to treatment (CGI-I of minimally improved or better (CGI-I < 3)).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Did not completed acute phase treatment (NCT01802437) or did not show at least a partial response to treatment (CGI-I of minimally improved or better (CGI-I < 3)) to acute phase treatment.