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CompletedNCT00676962Updated Sep 23, 2015

Facilitating Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Primary Care and Community Clinics

An interventional study of External facilitation in Depression, sponsored by South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-09-23.

Sponsored by South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
23
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

The investigators propose to test the effect of external facilitation on the extent that brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression is incorporated into routine practice in primary care and community based clinics in the VA. The investigators will provide training in brief CBT to mental health providers in participating clinics. To the investigators' knowledge, this will be the first study of the effect of external facilitation on outcomes of a training intervention.

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We will test the effect of external facilitation on the extent that brief CBT for depression is incorporated into routine practice in primary care and community based clinics in the VA. We will provide training in brief CBT to mental health providers in participating clinics. To our knowledge, this will be the first study of the effect of external facilitation on outcomes of a training intervention.

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Conditions studied

  • Depression

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Keywords

  • Implementation
  • facilitation
  • psychotherapy
  • training
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In context

Depression

8,057 studies on the registry are indexed under Depression; 1,641 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 23 is below the median of 84 across 6,720 interventional studies indexed under Depression.

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Lead sponsor

South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • mental health clinicians in selected clinics who do or are willing to do psychotherapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • clinicians who do not do psychotherapy in eligible clinics.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
23 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Facilitation

    Therapists receive assistance with adopting CBT

    Behavioral: External facilitation

Interventions

  • BehavioralExternal facilitation

    Study facilitator meets regularly with therapists to aid implementation of CBT

    Also known as: Facilitation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. CBT progress notes

    Time frame: Monthly post-training for 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 23, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00676962
Lead sponsor
South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center
Responsible party
Michael R. Kauth, PhD (Associate Director for Education, SC MIRECC, South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 13, 2008
Start date
May 2008
Primary completion
Sep 2015
Completion
Sep 2015
Last update
Sep 23, 2015

Study contacts

Michael R Kauth, PhD
principal investigator · South Central MIRECC

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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