Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS); Behavioral: Treatment As Usual (TAU)

• Registration Number: NCT00055315
• Lead Sponsor: University of Iowa

Brief Summary

This study will expose patients to either a Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) or treatment as usual (TAU) to determine the more effective therapy for treating borderline personality disorder.

Detailed Description

Participants are randomly assigned to receive either Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) or treatment as usual (TAU) for 20 weeks. STEPPS is a new cognitive behavioral treatment which involves skills training for emotion management and lifestyle behaviors as well as education for the affected individual's family members, friends, and professional caregivers. Participants are assessed at baseline and Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20. Interviews of patient's health care providers and family members and self-rating scales are used to assess patients. Follow-up assessments are made 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after study completion. Participants must live within a reasonable driving distance of Iowa City, IA.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2002-07
• Study First Submitted: 2003-02-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2003-02-25
• Study First Posted: 2003-02-26
• Primary Completion: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2011-04
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-15
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 383

Inclusion Criteria

• Borderline Personality Disorder

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
STEPPS	Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS)	Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Each subject met DSM-IV criteria for BPD, confirmed through a clinical interview and a review of the patient's case notes
Treatment as Usual	Treatment As Usual (TAU)	Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Each subject met DSM-IV criteria for BPD, confirmed through a clinical interview and a review of the patient's case notes. TAU for this BPD population includes medical management, group and individual therapy.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa; 🇺🇸 Iowa City, Iowa, United States