Hope for chronically suicidal patient: evaluating the clinical and health services impact of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) in individuals with borderline personality disorder

ISRCTN	ISRCTN02634417
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN02634417
Secondary identifying numbers	MCT-58343

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Dr Shelley Frances McMain
Scientific

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
33 Russell St.
Toronto
M5S 2S1
Canada

Phone	+1 416 535 8501 ext. 6852
Email	shelley_McMain@camh.net

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Scientific title	Evaluating the clinical and health services impact of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) in individuals with borderline personality disorder: a randomised controlled trial
Study hypothesis	To evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for chronically suicidal patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Ethics approval(s)	Research Ethics Board of Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto approved on 28th October 2002
Condition	Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
Intervention	1. Dialectical behaviour therapy (Linehan, 1993) 2. General Psychiatric Management based on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) practice guidelines Trial details received: 12 Sept 2005
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Parasuicidal behaviour
Secondary outcome measures	1. Psychiatric hospitalisation 2. Psychiatric symptoms 3. Anger 4. Treatment retention 5. Social functioning
Overall study start date	01/10/2002
Overall study end date	30/09/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	180
Participant inclusion criteria	1. Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth edition (DSM-IV) criteria for BPD 2. Be between 18 - 60 years of age, either sex 3. Have had two Para-suicide episodes in the past 5 years with one occurring in the past 3 months 4. Have had OHIP insurance coverage for 1 year or more 5. Be literate in English 6. Provide informed consent to participate in study 7. Agree to be compliant with prescribed psychotropic medication(s)
Participant exclusion criteria	1. Current active substance dependence disorder 2. Psychotic disorder, bipolar or dementia 3. Evidence of an organic brain syndrome or mental retardation 4. Chronic or serious physical health problem that may require hospitalisation with the next year 5. Medical condition that would preclude the psychiatric medication regimen 6. Currently engaged in DBT or in GPM at St Michael's Hospital
Recruitment start date	01/10/2002
Recruitment end date	30/09/2007

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Toronto
M5S 2S1
Canada

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) (Canada)
Hospital/treatment centre

33 Russell Street
Toronto
M5S 2S1
Canada

Website	http://www.camh.net/
"ROR"	https://ror.org/03e71c577

Research organisation

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada) - http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca (ref: MCT-58343)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/12/2009		Yes	No