NCT04226742

Evaluation of a Crowd-Powered Web Platform for Depression and Anxiety

Evaluation of the Crowd-Powered Web Platform for Accumulative Depression and Anxiety Plans and Treatment (ADAPT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 107 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Irvine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

100 participants will be enrolled in a two-armed randomized controlled trial of the Accumulated Depression and Anxiety Plans and Treatments (ADAPT) platform which integrates internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT) to determine impact on symptoms of depression and anxiety. This trial will pilot the effectiveness of the ADAPT platform, and evaluate the extent to which the ADAPT platform engages putative targets of personal relevance, skills use, and skills mastery.

Detailed description

The investigators will enroll 100 participants in a two-armed randomized controlled trial of the ADAPT platform (iCBT). Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the ADAPT platform (treatment) or a similar self-guided platform (control) that contains the didactic material (learning) but lacks the ADAPT platforms "crowd" features. Participants will use their assigned platform for a treatment period of 8 weeks. Participants will receive trial assessments at baseline, week 4, and week 8 (post-treatment). Follow-up evaluations will occur at 16 weeks to evaluate maintenance of gains. This pilot effectiveness trial aims to determine the impact on symptoms of depression and anxiety and whether the platform engages the putative targets of personal relevance, relationship, resulting in increased skills mastery and skills use.

Conditions

• Depression, Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ADAPT Platform (Treatment)	The ADAPT platform consists of 2 modules based on evidence-based strategies from cognitive-behavioral therapy including cognitive restructuring and behavioral experiments. The platform includes didactic material, interactive tools, and crowd-features. Crowd-features are present to increase personal relevance of content and to promote engagement with the ADAPT platform through accountability. Crowd-features include requesting, responding, and exemplars.
BEHAVIORAL	ADAPT Comparison (Control)	The control platform is a self-guided version of the ADAPT platform that includes no crowd-features. As such it will include only didactic material on cognitive restructuring and behavioral experiments and interactive tools.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-18
• Primary completion: 2021-11-05
• Completion: 2022-01-04
• First posted: 2020-01-13
• Last updated: 2023-06-29
• Results posted: 2023-05-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States