SUpport From PEeRs to Expand Access Study - Community

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorUniversity of California, Berkeley

About this trial

Investigators will evaluate the implementation of an evidence-based, Spanish-language, digital, cognitive-behavioral therapy (dCBT) intervention (SilverCloud) in the Mission community for Latino patients with depression and/or anxiety. 213 participants will be enrolled in a one-armed trial comparing self-guided vs. supported dCBT (SilverCloud).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

PHQ-9 ≥ 10 or GAD-7 ≥ 8

Has access to the Internet via smartphone and/or broadband at home, and basic level of technological literacy or willingness to undergo a brief technology use training

≥18 years of age

Preference for receiving medical care in Spanish

Disqualifiers

Currently receiving psychotherapy, as this treatment will be offered as a frontline treatment for depression and anxiety, however, patients are allowed to be referred to treatment while participating in this study and initiation of treatment will be monitored and considered in analyses

Visual, hearing, voice, or motor impairment or illiteracy that would prevent completion of study procedures

Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, dissociative disorder, or substance use disorder

Severe suicidality (as assessed by expressing suicidal ideation, plan, and intent). Although procedures with back-up plans are in place for patients who develop suicidality (see Human Subjects Section), patients assessed with severe suicidality will be referred to more-intensive treatment resources.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Behavioral: Supported dCBT
  • Behavioral: Unsupported dCBT

Treatment groups

213 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of California, Berkeley

Lead sponsor

University of California, Irvine

Collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborator