Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
2
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
TA
Study hypothesis
Therapeutic Assessment (TA) versus assessment as usual will improve engagement with follow up.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from the Camden and Islington Community Local Research Ethics Committee on the 23rd October 2007 (ref: 07/H0722/66).
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Self harm
Intervention
Therapeutic Assessment (TA) versus assessment as usual. There is no structured intervention after the initial assessment. This is a study of the assessment process. Participants will be followed up by relevant community teams and recommendations will be made about the optimal management.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Engagement with follow up, measured at 3 and 6 months after the initial assessment.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Measures of general and depressive symptomatology, measured at 3 and 6 months after the initial assessment
2. Service use and functioning, measured at 3 and 6 months after the initial assessment
Overall trial start date
01/11/2007
Overall trial end date
01/11/2008
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Aged 12 - 17 years (inclusive)
2. Presentation with self harm
3. Referral for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) assessment
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
70
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Poor English
2. Gross reality distortion due to psychosis or inebriation
3. Immediate risk of violence or suicide
4. Known moderate to severe learning disability
5. Admission to psychiatric in-patient unit
Recruitment start date
01/11/2007
Recruitment end date
01/11/2008
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Snowsfields Adolescent Unit
London
SE1 3RR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (UK)
Sponsor details
Research & Development Office (P005)
Room W108
Institute of Psychiatry
King's College London
De Crespigny Park
London
SE5 8AF
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7848 0675
g.dale@iop.kcl.ac.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Maudsley Charitable Foundation (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
West London Research Consortium (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2010 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21030367
2. 2013 results in www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23709314
Publication citations
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Results
Ougrin D, Zundel T, Ng A, Banarsee R, Bottle A, Taylor E, Trial of Therapeutic Assessment in London: randomised controlled trial of Therapeutic Assessment versus standard psychosocial assessment in adolescents presenting with self-harm., Arch. Dis. Child., 2011, 96, 2, 148-153, doi: 10.1136/adc.2010.188755.
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Results
Ougrin D, Boege I, Stahl D, Banarsee R, Taylor E, Randomised controlled trial of therapeutic assessment versus usual assessment in adolescents with self-harm: 2-year follow-up., Arch. Dis. Child., 2013, 98, 10, 772-776, doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303200.