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Application and Effectiveness of the STEPPS in Patients with BPD, Extending to Their Families with the FC Program

Key facts

Who runs it
Universitat Jaume I
Where
Spain1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
120 people, planned
Started
2 Jan 2024
Planned end
1 Jul 2026
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • STEPPS plus Family Connections
  • STEPPS
Record updated
15 January 2025

Who can take part

Age
18 years and older
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Being at least 18 years old
  • Be a patients with symptoms compatible with a diagnosis of BPD who is undergoing treatment or follow-up in someone of the indicated recruitment centers
  • Sign an informed consent
  • Being at least 18 years old
  • Be a relative of someone of the patients with symptoms compatible with a diagnosis of BPD who is undergoing treatment or follow-up in someone of the indicated recruitment centers
  • Sign an informed consent

Who cannot take part

  • The presence of any pathology that prevents carrying out the intervention: major depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, substance dependence, eating disorders, another personality disorder, borderline IQ, etc., which due to its severity is currently interfering; FAMILIES:
  • The presence of any pathology that prevents carrying out the intervention: major depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, substance dependence, eating disorders, another personality disorder, borderline IQ, etc., which due to its severity is currently interfering

Other criteria

  • PATIENTS

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About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The present research project is framed within the issue of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). This condition stands as one of the most common challenges encountered within the mental health services of the National Health System. The primary objectives of this research are to verify whether the combined use of established treatments for patients and their families, conducted in parallel, leads to a greater improvement in patients and their families, respectively. Additionally, another aim of the project is to assess efficiency, defined as the acceptance of intervention programs by patients, their families, and clinical professionals, as well as to demonstrate their feasibility.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • STEPPS for patients plus Family Connections for their familiesTreatment being tested

    Intervention group that receives STEPPS program for patients to carry out the intervention about BPD symptoms and in parallel another group that receives Family Connectios program for their families to carry out the intervention about associated symptoms.

    Treatment: STEPPS plus Family Connections

  • STEPPS for patients onlyExisting treatment, for comparison

    Intervention group that receives STEPPS program for patients only to carry out the intervention about BPD symptoms.

    Treatment: STEPPS

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Application and Analysis of the Effectiveness of the STEPPS Program in Patients with BPD, Extending to Their Families with the Family Connections Program: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Record updated
15 January 2025