NCT03709472

Computer Assisted Family Intervention to Treat Self-Harm Disparities in Latinas and Sexual/Gender Minority Youth

Computer Assisted Family Intervention to Treat Self- Harm Disparities in Latinas and Sexual/Gender Minority Youth (CA CIFFTA)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 172 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is designed to refine and test the efficacy of a computer assisted culturally informed and flexible/adaptive intervention for Latino adolescents for whom self-harm behaviors are a health disparity-specifically, Latinas and sexual/gender minority youth.

Detailed description

This study enhances an original Computer Assisted Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CA CIFFTA) to directly address key targets related to self-harm behavior (e.g., depression, emotion dysregulation, LGBT, culture-related stressors, and trauma-related stressors); (b) refines the technological aspects of CA CIFFTA for web-based delivery; and (c) tests the preliminary efficacy of the new intervention and its delivery system in a randomized trial of 100 Hispanic adolescents and their parents. The investigators seek to reduce risk for repeated self-harm by showing treatment effects on depression, emotion regulation, substance use, and family functioning. Participants are randomly assigned to CA CIFFTA or Treatment-As-Usual and treatment covers a four month period.

Conditions

• Self Harm
• Depression
• Emotion Dysregulation
• Suicidal Ideation
• Family Relations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Computer Assisted CIFFTA	This is a hybrid intervention that includes individual work with the adolescent (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, diary card identification of triggers), computer assisted psychoeducational work, and intensive family therapy interventions.
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral: Traditional face-to-face treatment-no technology	Community agencies provide mostly individual counseling but may add some family involvement in treatment planning.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-12
• Primary completion: 2023-08-23
• Completion: 2023-08-23
• First posted: 2018-10-17
• Last updated: 2024-11-05
• Results posted: 2024-11-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States