NCT00055315

Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

A Cognitive Group Treatment for Borderline Outpatients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 383 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Iowa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS)	STEPPS is a 20-week, manual-based, psychoeducational group treatment that combines skills training with cognitive-behavioral techniques. It includes a systems component to train family members, friends, and significant others.
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment As Usual (TAU)

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-07-01
• Primary completion: 2007-12-01
• Completion: 2011-04-01
• First posted: 2003-02-26
• Last updated: 2017-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States