NCT05559749

Collaborative Care for Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy

Collaborative Care to Improve Quality of Life for Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized effectiveness/implementation trial comparing a 24-week neurology-based collaborative care intervention to usual neurology care among 60 adults with epilepsy.

Detailed description

The intervention is a 24-week, evidence-based collaborative care model initiated around the time of a neurology visit. The collaborative care team roles include the care manager/social worker and psychiatrist who interact with the patient participant and the patient's neurologist/neurology provider.

Conditions

• Epilepsy
• Anxiety
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	collaborative care	a 24-week neurology based collaborative care program consisting of: 1. a series of every 2 weeks care management calls by the care manager to evaluate anxiety, depression, seizures and side effects and deliver brief therapy interventions to the participant, and 2. collaborative care conferences including a psychiatrist to generate expert recommendations for anxiety and depression management and communication of recommendations between the care manger, psychiatrist and neurologist.
BEHAVIORAL	usual neurology care	ongoing usual neurology care, without the addition of the collaborative care program

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-04
• Primary completion: 2026-02-19
• Completion: 2026-08-01
• First posted: 2022-09-29
• Last updated: 2026-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States