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- Clinical Trial NCT03053557
Testing a New Device to Advance the Use of Social Skills Training With Mental Health Consumers and Clinicians (SST)
October 5, 2018 updated by: Center for Social Innovation, Massachusetts
Social Skills Coach: An Innovative Multi-Platform Device to Address Social Impairments
This study aims to test a new device called the Social Skills Coach that is being created to help mental health consumers with social skills and community functioning.
People diagnosed with schizophrenia and clinicians will be included as participants in this study.
Mental health consumers (diagnosed with schizophrenia) will be randomly assigned to either test the new device or to participate in a social skills training course.
Data will be collected from participants through surveys before participants either use the device or participate the course and afterwards.
Individual interviews will be conducted with a sub sample of mental health consumers and clinicians.
The study looks to test the credibility and acceptability of the new device to help mental health consumers and clinicians. it will also influence future research.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This phase I pilot study tests the feasibility, credibility, and acceptability of the prototype version of Social Skills Coach in terms of its use among mental health consumers and clinicians.
The intervention aims to improve social and daily living skills and community functioning among people diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
A mixed methods approach will be taken to collect quantitative data at baseline and follow-up.
Quantitative data collection includes the use of surveys that comprise validated instruments.
Qualitative data collection will occur at the end of the study and will include the use of semi-structured interviews to capture experiential information.
Study participants will be randomly assigned to either a social skills training course (control group) or to a study arm using the Social Skills Coach program (treatment group).
The study aims to demonstrate proof of concept for a larger effectiveness trial.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
37
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Massachusetts
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Needham, Massachusetts, United States, 02494
- Center for Social Innovation
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chart diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder, ability to provide consent, and independent living in the community.
- We will obtain written informed consent, and the consent procedure will include an evaluation of capacity to provide consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Under age 21 or not able to provide consent.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Social Skills Coach
The Social Skills Coach arm of the study will be provided access, instruction, and support for using the newly developed multi-platform device to address social impairments among individuals with schizophrenia, based on the evidence-based Social Skills Training (SST) intervention.
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Social Skills Coach is a multi-platform interactive device that engages users with information and skills learned in social skills training programs.
The program includes a web application and provider dashboard and encourages users to practice skills on the app and use them in the real world and then report how the application of skills was experienced.
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No Intervention: Social Skills Training course
Social Skills Training classes are widely available and regularly used in the study setting.
As such, this group will serve as a treatment as usual control group.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Feasibility: 90% recruitment, 75% data completed, 80% technical problems solved
Time Frame: 4 weeks post intervention
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Study Process: Recruitment, Retention, Troubleshooting
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4 weeks post intervention
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Credibility: Mean greater than 6 on Expectancy Rating Scale
Time Frame: 4 weeks post intervention
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Expectancy Rating Scale collected from client participants
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4 weeks post intervention
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Acceptability: 80% of participants engage at least once; 50% of group attendees enter personalized goals; 50% of participants enter an evaluation goal
Time Frame: 4 weeks post intervention
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Web diagnostics and through Qualitative interviews with client participants and SST trainer participants
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4 weeks post intervention
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Jeff Olivet, MA, Center for Social Innovation
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
January 2, 2018
Primary Completion (Actual)
August 15, 2018
Study Completion (Actual)
September 30, 2018
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
February 9, 2017
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 10, 2017
First Posted (Actual)
February 15, 2017
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
October 9, 2018
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
October 5, 2018
Last Verified
October 1, 2018
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- Social Skills Coach
- 1R43MH113424-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
NO
IPD Plan Description
Data will be password protected and stored on secure severs.
Access will be restricted to only the study team.
When data is shared between team members it will be deidentified.
All researchers on this project will have completed human subjects training and training specific to study protocols.
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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