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Panic DisorderPhase 2/3NCT00102427

Improving Quality of Primary Care for Patients With Anxiety and/or Panic Disorders

A Phase 2/3 study testing Telephone-based collaborative care management in people with Panic Disorder and Anxiety Disorder, run by University of Pittsburgh at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if primary care patients with panic and/or generalized anxiety disorder can benefit from a telephone-based collaborative care intervention. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 64 years
Conditions the study is for
Panic Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
What is being tested?
Telephone-based collaborative care management
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 2000to May 2003
Phase
Phase 2/3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 64 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder
  • A Structured Interview Guide to the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (SIGH-A) score of at least 14 for participants with generalized anxiety disorder OR Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) score of at least 7 for participants with panic disorder
  • Primary care physician has agreed to participate in the study
  • Speaks English and able to participate in phone assessments and information/self-management program
  • Gives consent to allow research staff to notify the participant's primary care physician of diagnosis

Who cannot join

  • Thoughts of suicide
  • Current psychotic disorder
  • Current bipolar disorder
  • Alcohol or other substance disorder within the past 2 months prior to study entry
  • Organic anxiety syndromes, including those due to medical illness or drugs
  • Unstable medical conditions
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  • Plans to leave current physician during the year after study start
  • Life expectancy less than 1 year
  • Previously enrolled in a similar panic or generalized anxiety disorder study

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

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About this study

Official title: Improving Quality of Primary Care for Anxiety Disorders

The purpose of this study is to determine if primary care patients with panic and/or generalized anxiety disorder can benefit from a telephone-based collaborative care intervention.

Read the detailed description

Panic and generalized anxiety disorders are serious conditions that often are inadequately recognized and treated, responsible for significant morbidity, and associated with excessive health services' utilization. More effective treatment interventions that involve both primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients are necessary to manage these conditions.

Patients presenting for primary care services will be screened for panic and generalized anxiety disorders using the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorder (PRIME-MD); patients and their PCPs will be informed of patients' diagnosis. Participants will then be randomly assigned to receive either a telephone-based collaborative care intervention or their PCPs' usual care.

The telephone care intervention will involve a protocol that is based on the American Psychiatric Association's and other published guidelines for treating panic disorder (PD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The care manager will assess each patient's treatment preferences for either anxiolytic pharmacotherapy, a self-management workbook, referral to a community mental health specialist, or some combination of these. The care manager will conduct periodic telephone follow-up interviews with intervention participants to inquire about anxiety symptoms, treatment adherence, review lesson plans, and any side effects they have experienced, as applicable. The care manager maintains correspondence with the PCPs of the telephone intervention participants via an electronic medical record system to rapidly relay information regarding patients' treatment and obtain the PCPs approval for initiating or adjusting pharmacotherapy according to the patient's response to treatment and protocol.

A blinded research assistant who is unaware of participants' randomization group will conduct telephone interviews with all participants to assess the effectiveness of the intervention relative to the usual care control condition. These interviews will be conducted at baseline and at 2-, 4-, 8-, and 12-months follow-up. Measures assessed include anxiety symptoms, functional status, health services utilization, and overall quality of life.

Being tested
Telephone-based collaborative care management
Keywords
Anxiety, Panic, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Medical subject headings
Panic Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Telephone-based collaborative care managementBehavioural

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Anxiety symptoms

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted31 Jan 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2000
  3. Study completionMay 2003

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2/3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00102427
Sponsor's protocol ID
R01MH059395
Other IDs
R01MH059395
Status last verified
Jan 2014
First submitted
29 Jan 2005
Last updated
22 Jan 2014
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Rollman BL, Herbeck Belnap B, Reynolds CF, Schulberg HC, Shear MK. A contemporary protocol to assist primary care physicians in the treatment of panic and generalized anxiety disorders. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2003 Mar-Apr;25(2):74-82. doi: 10.1016/s0163-8343(03)00004-5.

    PubMed 12676419
  • Rollman BL, Belnap BH, Mazumdar S, Houck PR, Zhu F, Gardner W, Reynolds CF 3rd, Schulberg HC, Shear MK. A randomized trial to improve the quality of treatment for panic and generalized anxiety disorders in primary care. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005 Dec;62(12):1332-41. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.62.12.1332.

    PubMed 16330721
  • Rollman BL, Fischer GS, Zhu F, Belnap BH. Comparison of electronic physician prompts versus waitroom case-finding on clinical trial enrollment. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Apr;23(4):447-50. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0449-0.

    PubMed 18373143

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2/3 study testing Telephone-based collaborative care management in people with Panic Disorder and Anxiety Disorder, run by University of Pittsburgh at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Jan 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Anxiety symptoms. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00102427, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Jan 2014.

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