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Intergenerational RelationsPSI_PERNCT03897816

Maternal Psychopathology and Offspring Mental Health (PSI_PER)

An observational study of Intergenerational Relations, run by University of Milano Bicocca.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

Pregnant women consecutively referred to the Perinatal Psychiatric Outpatient Department, those in charge of the Psychiatric Outpatient Department and pregnant healthy controls from the general population will be recruited on a voluntary basis. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Intergenerational Relations
How many people
450 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
1 Jan 2011to 1 Feb 2019
Phase
Observational
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 Any age
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: the population is composed by women referred to the Perinatal Psychiatric Outpatient Department, those in charge of the Psychiatric Outpatient Department and pregnant healthy controls from the general population.

Who may be able to join

  • pregnancy; adequate comprehension; acceptance on a voluntary basis.

Who cannot join

  • incapacity; acute psychosis.

About this study

Official title: Maternal Mood, Anxiety or Personality Disorders and Their Offspring Mental Outcomes

Pregnant women consecutively referred to the Perinatal Psychiatric Outpatient Department, those in charge of the Psychiatric Outpatient Department and pregnant healthy controls from the general population will be recruited on a voluntary basis. Mothers will be tested with the EPDS, BAI, BDI, WHOQOL, SCID II and CTQ; their children will be tested with the CBCL between 18 months and 5 years.

Read the detailed description

in order to attest possible psychic outcomes in offspring of mothers affected by psychiatric disorders due to maternal psychopathology (with an in-depth evaluation about the role of maternal personality disorders), the investigators recruit all the women consecutively referred and admitted to the Perinatal Psychiatric Outpatient Department from January, 2011 to December, 2016, due to the manifestation of psychic suffering during pregnancy.

During their first appointment, patients are routinely administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders (SCID II), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), World Health Organization Quality of Life Instruments (WHOQOL-BREF), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Beck Depression Interview (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Interview (BAI). The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) is used to confirm clinical diagnosis.

As a control samples, the investigators recruited pregnant patients belonging to the Outpatients Psychiatric Department who did not have psychiatric issues linked to their pregnancy or in the relationship with their children and pregnant healthy controls among the general population, with no history of mental health issues. Controls were tested as the clinical sample.

All the patients will be asked to complete a caregiver report form, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), once their children were at least 18 months old.

Keywords
personality disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders
Medical subject headings
Personality Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders

What participants receive

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

Study groups in NCT03897816
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
"PERINATAL"Pregnant women consecutively referred and admitted to the Perinatal Psychiatric Outpatient Department
"OUTPTS"Pregnant women belonging to the Outpatients Psychiatric Department who did not have psychiatric issues linked to their pregnancy or in the relationship with their children
Healthy controlsPregnant women the general population, with no history of mental health issues

What is being measured

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

  1. offspring mental outcomes

    Mothers are given the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), a widely used caregiver report form identifying problem behavior in children. For the preschool version of the CBCL (CBCL/1½-5), parents or others who interact with the child in regular contexts rate the child's behavior. Respondents rate the child's behavior on a 3-point scale (not true, somewhat or sometimes true, and very true or often true), and are instructed to rate the behavior as it occurs now or within the previous two months. This delineation differs from the instructions on other age-versions, due to the fact that rapid development and behavioral changes in the preschool age range are common. The preschool checklist contains 100 questions about behavior problems.

    CBCL scores are divided in: "emotionally reactive", "anxious/depressed", "somatic complaints", "withdrawn", "sleep problems", "attention problems", "aggressive behavior", "externalize", "internalize", "other problems", "total".

    Measured: 18 months-5 years old

Timeline

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

  1. First posted1 Apr 2019
  2. Study start1 Jan 2011
  3. Primary completion15 Mar 2016
  4. Study completion1 Feb 2019

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
450 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03897816
Sponsor's protocol ID
981
Acronym
PSI_PER
Status last verified
Apr 2019
First submitted
29 Mar 2019
Last updated
4 Apr 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Bloch M, Schmidt PJ, Danaceau M, Murphy J, Nieman L, Rubinow DR. Effects of gonadal steroids in women with a history of postpartum depression. Am J Psychiatry. 2000 Jun;157(6):924-30. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.6.924.

    PubMed 10831472
  • Mehta D, Newport DJ, Frishman G, Kraus L, Rex-Haffner M, Ritchie JC, Lori A, Knight BT, Stagnaro E, Ruepp A, Stowe ZN, Binder EB. Early predictive biomarkers for postpartum depression point to a role for estrogen receptor signaling. Psychol Med. 2014 Aug;44(11):2309-22. doi: 10.1017/S0033291713003231. Epub 2014 Feb 5.

    PubMed 24495551
  • Couto TC, Brancaglion MY, Alvim-Soares A, Moreira L, Garcia FD, Nicolato R, Aguiar RA, Leite HV, Correa H. Postpartum depression: A systematic review of the genetics involved. World J Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 22;5(1):103-11. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v5.i1.103.

    PubMed 25815259
  • Guintivano J, Arad M, Gould TD, Payne JL, Kaminsky ZA. Antenatal prediction of postpartum depression with blood DNA methylation biomarkers. Mol Psychiatry. 2014 May;19(5):560-7. doi: 10.1038/mp.2013.62. Epub 2013 May 21.

    PubMed 23689534
  • Ruiz SK, Harris SJ, Martinez P, Gold PM, Klimes-Dougan B. Young adult's attachment style as a partial mediator between maternal functioning and young adult offsprings' functioning. J Affect Disord. 2018 May;232:393-399. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.034. Epub 2018 Jan 9.

    PubMed 29522959
  • Stein A, Pearson RM, Goodman SH, Rapa E, Rahman A, McCallum M, Howard LM, Pariante CM. Effects of perinatal mental disorders on the fetus and child. Lancet. 2014 Nov 15;384(9956):1800-19. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61277-0. Epub 2014 Nov 14.

    PubMed 25455250
  • Matijasevich A, Murray J, Cooper PJ, Anselmi L, Barros AJ, Barros FC, Santos IS. Trajectories of maternal depression and offspring psychopathology at 6 years: 2004 Pelotas cohort study. J Affect Disord. 2015 Mar 15;174:424-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.12.012. Epub 2014 Dec 13.

    PubMed 25553403
  • Sellers R, Collishaw S, Rice F, Thapar AK, Potter R, Mars B, Harold GT, Smith DJ, Owen MJ, Craddock N, Thapar A. Risk of psychopathology in adolescent offspring of mothers with psychopathology and recurrent depression. Br J Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;202:108-14. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.104984. Epub 2012 Oct 11.

    PubMed 23060622
  • Wisner KL, Sit DK, McShea MC, Rizzo DM, Zoretich RA, Hughes CL, Eng HF, Luther JF, Wisniewski SR, Costantino ML, Confer AL, Moses-Kolko EL, Famy CS, Hanusa BH. Onset timing, thoughts of self-harm, and diagnoses in postpartum women with screen-positive depression findings. JAMA Psychiatry. 2013 May;70(5):490-8. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.87.

    PubMed 23487258
  • Challacombe F, Salkovskis P. A preliminary investigation of the impact of maternal obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder on parenting and children. J Anxiety Disord. 2009 Oct;23(7):848-57. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.04.002. Epub 2009 Apr 23.

    PubMed 19464141
  • Low NC, Dugas E, Constantin E, Karp I, Rodriguez D, O'Loughlin J. The association between parental history of diagnosed mood/anxiety disorders and psychiatric symptoms and disorders in young adult offspring. BMC Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 5;12:188. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-188.

    PubMed 23126640
  • Martini J, Knappe S, Beesdo-Baum K, Lieb R, Wittchen HU. Anxiety disorders before birth and self-perceived distress during pregnancy: associations with maternal depression and obstetric, neonatal and early childhood outcomes. Early Hum Dev. 2010 May;86(5):305-10. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.04.004. Epub 2010 May 23.

    PubMed 20547016
  • Black DW, Gaffney GR, Schlosser S, Gabel J. Children of parents with obsessive-compulsive disorder -- a 2-year follow-up study. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2003 Apr;107(4):305-13. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.02182.x.

    PubMed 12662254
  • Castelli RD, Quevedo Lde A, Coelho FM, Lopez MA, da Silva RA, Bohm DM, Souza LD, de Matos MB, Pinheiro KA, Pinheiro RT. Cognitive and language performance in children is associated with maternal social anxiety disorder: A study of young mothers in southern Brazil. Early Hum Dev. 2015 Dec;91(12):707-11. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.10.002. Epub 2015 Nov 16.

    PubMed 26544906
  • Gaynes BN, Gavin N, Meltzer-Brody S, Lohr KN, Swinson T, Gartlehner G, Brody S, Miller WC. Perinatal depression: prevalence, screening accuracy, and screening outcomes. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ). 2005 Feb;(119):1-8. doi: 10.1037/e439372005-001. No abstract available.

    PubMed 15760246

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Intergenerational Relations, run by University of Milano Bicocca.

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 1 inclusion and 1 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 4 Apr 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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.

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?

offspring mental outcomes (time frame: 18 months-5 years old). 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 NCT03897816, which also lists 23 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 4 Apr 2019.

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