Clinical trial NCT00347269: Primary Care Intervention Strategy for Anxiety Disorders
Official title: Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM): Improving Primary Care Anxiety Outcomes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE4
Conditions: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Stress
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Mental Health Disorders
Lead sponsor: University of Washington
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2006-07-04
Enrollment: 1004
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study will compare the effectiveness of an intervention strategy for the treatment of people with post traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder in the primary care setting.

Detailed description: Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent, distressing, and disabling. Most patients with anxiety disorders who do receive mental health treatment receive it in primary care settings, where the quality of care is generally insufficient. This intervention is geared towards testing the clinical effectiveness of a care-manager assisted chronic disease management program for four common anxiety disorders (post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder) in the primary care setting. This approach has been shown to be effective for the treatment of depression.

Participants in this randomized, controlled trial will either be assigned to the control group: treatment-as-usual (TAU) from their primary care provider (PCP); or to the intervention group: CALM (Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management). Intervention subjects will choose to receive CBT, medication, or both for the treatment of their anxiety. Those who choose CBT will receive it from a study-trained Anxiety Clinical Specialist (ACS) in their respective clinic. For those who choose medication, the ACS will facilitate the delivery of, and adherence to, anti-anxiety medication which will be prescribed by the participant's PCP. In this stepped-care design, subject progress will be formally re-evaluated at 8-12 week intervals. If treatment progress is not satisfactory, options include: additional or modified treatment with current modality, switching to the other treatment modality, or adding the other modality. When remission is attained, the ACS will follow-up with participants on a monthly basis to review progress and practice anxiety-reduction strategies. Treatment will continue for up to 12 months. Participants in both study arms will undergo formal baseline and outcome assessment interviews conducted at the 6, 12, and 18 month follow-up time-points.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* MINI diagnosed Anxiety Disorder (PTSD, GAD, SAD, PD)
* Speak English or Spanish (English only at UAMS site)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of Bipolar 1
* Drug and alcohol dependence; or abuse of any substance other than marijuana and alcohol
* Acute suicidality or homicidality

Eligible subjects must be current patients at one of the participating primary care clinics which include:

University of Washington:

* Harborview's Adult Medicine Clinic
* Harborview's Family Medicine Clinic
* UWMC's General Internal Medicine Clinic at Roosevelt Clinic
* PSNHC's 45th Street Clinic
* Country Doctor Community Clinic
* Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center

UCLA:

* Desert Medical Group, Palm Springs CA
* High Desert Medical Group, Lancaster, CA

UCSD:

* Kaiser Permanente, Bonita Medical Offices
* Kaiser Permanente, Otay Mesa Outpatient Medical Center
* UCSD Medical Center, Scripps Ranch Medical Office
* UCSD Medical Center, Fourth and Lewis Medical Office
* UCSD Medical Center, Perlman Ambulatory Care Center
* Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, El Cajon
* Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Mira Mesa

UAMS:

* UAMS UPMG
* Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic
* St. Vincent's Family Clinic South

Primary outcomes:
measure: BSI-12 (Anxiety and Somatization Subscales)
timeFrame: Measured at Month 18
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Functioning Outcomes as Measured by 3-item Sheehan Disability Scales and SF-12 and Disorder-specific Severity Scales as Measured by the ASI, PDSS-SR, GADS (Modified), SPIN, PCL-C, and the PHQ-9
timeFrame: Measured at Month 18
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Little Rock
country: United States
facility: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
state: Arkansas
city: La Jolla
country: United States
facility: University of California
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: University of California
state: California
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: University of Washington
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Washington
name: Peter P. Roy-Byrne, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
name: Cathy D. Sherbourne, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
name: Michelle G. Craske, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
name: Greer Sullivan, MD, MSPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
name: Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Washington
name: Kristin Bumgardner, BS
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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