Parent Management Training to Treat Irritability
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Irritable Mood, Temper Tantrum, Anger
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if 12 sessions of a Parent Management Training program can treat irritability in children aged 10-14 years old. The main question it aims to answer are: * Can a Parent Management Training for parents reduce anger outbursts and cranky moods in their children? * Can Parent Management Training be done in an outpatient clinic and do parents like it? Up to 24 families can join this study. Parent participants will complete 12 sessions of Parent Management Training for Irritability. Each session will be 45-55 minutes weekly. They will also participate in the assessments of their child before, during and after treatment. Child participants will do assessments before, during and after the Parent Management Training treatment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06020261
- Run by
- University of Colorado, Denver
- People needed
- 36
- Starts
- 2025-06-12
- Expected to finish
- 2027-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-15
Who can join
Age: 10 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- clinically significant irritability (Clinician Affective Reactivity Index 30 or greater)
- parent or guardian with whom the child resides for at least 50% of the time is willing to participate in treatment with the child
You may not qualify if…
- psychiatric instability (danger to self/others, risky substance abuse)
- current active Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or a severe active stressor (e.g. child abuse)
- history of severe psychopathology with an established alternate treatment (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, intellectual disability)
- general medical condition that may be driving irritability or prevent generalizable physiologic measures.
- screen positive for an intellectual disability via Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Second Edition (WASI II) estimated Intelligence Quotient (IQ)<70.
Where it is running
- Childrens Hospital Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States (enrolling)
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