Parent Management Training to Treat Irritability
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age10-14
SponsorUniversity of Colorado, Denver
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if 12 sessions of a Parent Management Training program can treat irritability in children aged 10-14 years old. The main question it aims to answer are:
* Can a Parent Management Training for parents reduce anger outbursts and cranky moods in their children? * Can Parent Management Training be done in an outpatient clinic and do parents like it?
Up to 18 families can join this study. This study will be used to set up a larger study in the Fall of 2025.
Parent participants will complete 12 sessions of Parent Management Training for Irritability. Each session will be 45-55 minutes weekly. They will also participate in the assessments of their child before, during and after treatment.
Child participants will do assessments before, during and after the Parent Management Training treatment.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
clinically significant irritability (Clinician Affective Reactivity Index 30 or greater)
parent or guardian willing to participate in treatment with the child
Disqualifiers
psychiatric instability (danger to self/others, risky substance abuse)
current active Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or a severe active stressor (e.g. child abuse)
history of severe psychopathology with an established alternate treatment (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, intellectual disability)
general medical condition that may be driving irritability or prevent generalizable physiologic measures.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Parent Management Training
Treatment groups
36 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov