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Registration number
ACTRN12615001279516
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
18/11/2015
Date registered
24/11/2015
Date last updated
7/11/2016
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Investigating the feasibility of a Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy text package for
young adults who have experienced psychosis symptoms.
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Scientific title
Feasibility and utility of a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy text messaging programme (MINT) for young adults who have experienced psychosis symptoms who are engaged with Early Intervention Teams.
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Secondary ID [1]
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Auckland District Health Board registration 6990
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
UTN: U111111720224
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Trial acronym
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Clients engaged with Early Intervention Psychosis
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Depression
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Anxiety
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Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health
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Psychosis and personality disorders
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Mental Health
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Depression
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Mental Health
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Anxiety
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
A text message package (called MINT) based on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (Segal et al., 2002), was developed. MINT is an adjunct to treatment as usual by the Early Intervention Psychosis team. Participants will received two text messages a day to encourage them to practice the mindfulness skills learnt in therapy at home. MINT lasts for 8 weeks. Weekly measures will be collected at baseline, during the intervention, and post-intervention. Home-based mindfulness practice is supported by the text message package (MINT), short mindfulness practices are suggested in-line with the TAU mindfulness skills learnt in existing therapy. Examples of these text messages are: "Placing your hand on your stomach, feeling it rise and fall with your breath. ", "Placing a flower by your bed so you can see it when you wake up. Next time you see the flower, smile and breathe deeply 3 times.", "Taking 3 minutes, focusing on the breath, sit or lie comfortably. Breathing in... breathing out. "
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Intervention code [1]
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Treatment: Other
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Intervention code [2]
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Lifestyle
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Intervention code [3]
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Behaviour
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Comparator / control treatment
Within subjects design. Participants provide their own baseline measures, which act as a control comparison, in a single case design ABA, multiple baseline approach.
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Change in number of days a week of home-based mindfulness practice. As assessed by weekly self-report question.
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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At the end of the intervention there is a primary time point to assess the intervention compared to baseline, another time point is 3 weeks post-intervention to see if gains are maintained.
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Primary outcome [2]
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Change in levels of mindfulness skills, as assessed by the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale - Revised (10-item) (Feldman et al., 2007).
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Assessment method [2]
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At the end of the intervention there is a primary time point to assess the intervention compared to baseline, another time point is 3 weeks post-intervention to see if gains are maintained.
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Changes in symptoms of depression and anxiety as measure by the Patient Health Questionnaire - 4 (Kroenke et al., 2009) as a composite.
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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At the end of the intervention there is a primary time point to assess the intervention compared to baseline, another time point is 3 weeks post-intervention to see if gains are maintained.
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Changes in symptoms of depression measure by the first two items on the Patient Health Questionnaire - 4 (Kroenke et al., 2009).
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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At the end of the intervention there is a primary time point to assess the intervention compared to baseline, another time point is 3 weeks post-intervention to see if gains are maintained.
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Changes in symptoms of anxiety as measure by the last two items on the Patient Health Questionnaire - 4 (Kroenke et al., 2009).
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Assessment method [3]
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Timepoint [3]
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At the end of the intervention there is a primary time point to assess the intervention compared to baseline, another time point is 3 weeks post-intervention to see if gains are maintained.
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Participants must be actively receiving therapy from an Early Intervention Psychosis Clinical Psychologist. Potential participants were approached in the first instance by their Clinical Psychologist. To be eligible, the participants must have had a New Zealand based mobile phone capable of sending and receiving text messages.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
34
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
If participants are deemed unsuitable for the intervention by their Clinical Psychologist. Any disclosure of high risk would result in termination of the intervention.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Single group
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Other design features
A single case design approach, with ABA and multiplebaseline
features will be used to evaluate the intervention.
The single case approach is useful in real life settings, as it can monitor changes in participants’ behavior (Engel &
Schutt, 2013). This type of approach seeks to demonstrate that the intervention has an effect on behavior compared
to functioning before the intervention was administered (Mitchell & Jolley, 2001).
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
In ABA design, the baseline is measured to establish the level of behavior (A), then the intervention is given and the behavior measured (B) and then the intervention is withdrawn and behavior measured again (A) (Mitchell & Jolley, 2001). Using a nonconcurrent
multiple baseline approach is suitable for comparing more than three participants and if consistent results are found the likelihood that change is due to an external event is reduced (Engel & Schutt, 2013). By exploring small numbers of individuals in a real life setting, rich data can be gathered that may be lost in larger group trials (Engel & Schutt, 2013). This exploratory research in a clinical setting is likely to obtain between 12 and 20 participants and
therefore the ABA approach is suitable. No statistical assumptions or sample size calculations were undertaken as this is no appropriate for a single case design, where the mode of analysis is visual analysis.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
11/01/2016
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Actual
23/02/2016
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
29/07/2016
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Actual
21/06/2016
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Date of last data collection
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3/10/2016
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Sample size
Target
12
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Accrual to date
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Final
9
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Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1]
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New Zealand
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State/province [1]
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Auckland
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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University
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Name [1]
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Massey University, Albany
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Address [1]
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Private Bag 102904
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New Zealand
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Primary sponsor type
University
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Name
Massey University Auckland
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Address
Private Bag 102904
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Auckland
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Country
New Zealand
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Health and Disabilities Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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Health and Disability Ethics Committees Ministry of Health Freyberg Building 20 Aitken Street PO Box 5013 Wellington 6011
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Ethics committee country [1]
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New Zealand
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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11/11/2015
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate whether a mindfulness-based text message package, delivered as an adjunct to existing therapy, can help to improve levels of home-based mindfulness practice and increase mindfulness skills for patients involved in Early Intervention Teams. A text message package, called MINT, based on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has been developed by the researcher. Clinical participants will be recruited from the Early Intervention Teams’ (EIT) clinical psychologists in Auckland, New Zealand, based on their clinical evaluation of their patients’ suitability for inclusion. The EIT intensive treatment consists of long periods of rapport building, followed by MBCT based skills, with therapy typically lasting for 2 to 3 years. The EIT provides its own crisis management, and monitors the risk of their patients on a weekly basis. It thus provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate the effect of MINT, in addition to treatment as usual (TAU), with the lowest possible risks. The intervention will consist of 8 weeks, where participants will be receiving two text messages daily, containing focus mindfulness information and suggesting mindfulness practices. The research design will follow a single case method structure with a multiple baseline ABA approach. The EIT clinicians will be collecting a range of quantitative measures during baseline, intervention and postintervention periods. These will include a question about the number of days of Mindfulness practice in the previous week, the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale – Revised (CAMSR; Feldman, Hayes, Kumar, Greeson, & Laurenceau, 2007), and the Patient Health Questionnaire – 4 (PHQ4; Kroenke, Spitzer, Williams, & Lowe, 2009). At the end of the trial, participants’ and clinical psychologists’ experiences of using the text message package will be explored using a questionnaire specifically designed for this purpose.
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Mrs Mary Miller
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Address
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Massey University Auckland
Private Bag 102904
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Auckland
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New Zealand
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Phone
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+6421783283
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Mary Miller
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Address
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Centre for Psychology
Massey University Auckland
Private Bag 102904
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Auckland
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New Zealand
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Phone
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+64 9 4418175
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Email
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Mary Miller
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Address
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Centre for Psychology
Massey University Auckland
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Auckland
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