Clinical Trial: TAFF-Psychological Treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Psychological Treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether a specific family based cognitive behavioral treatment program is effective in the treatment of children with separation anxiety disorder.

Detailed Summary:

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders both in adulthood and childhood. Recent research indicates that anxiety disorders in childhood and in particular Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) increase the risk of mental disorders in adulthood. Despite these results research on SAD is still limited compared to the vast research activity on adult anxiety disorders. The proposed research program will close a gap of current international research: It will test the efficacy of a family based cognitive behavioral treatment program specific for SAD.

The research program consists of two parts. One study is aimed at children with SAD aged 5 to 7. 40 children are randomly allocated immediately to SAD-specific family-based treatment or to a wait list. For the second study 60 children with SAD (8 to 13 years old) are randomly allocated to either SAD-specific family-based treatment ("SAD-CBT") or a well established global CBT program for childhood anxiety disorders ("global CBT").

In both studies treatment success is tested at the end of treatment as well as 4 weeks and 1, 2 and 3 years after treatment.


Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Current Primary Outcome:

  • DSM-IV criteria for Separation Anxiety Disorder [ Time Frame: December 2009 ]
  • Global Success Rating (GSR) [ Time Frame: December 2009 ]
  • Separation Anxiety Inventory for Children (SAI) [ Time Frame: December 2009 ]


Original Primary Outcome: • DSM-IV criteria for Separation Anxiety Disorder

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) [ Time Frame: December 2009 ]
  • Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) [ Time Frame: December 2009 ]
  • Inventory for the Assessment of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents (IQL) [ Time Frame: December 2009 ]


Original Secondary Outcome:

  • • Revised Measure of Children’s Manifest Anxiety (RCMAS)
  • • Spence Childrens’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS)
  • • Global Sucess Rating (GRS)
  • • Children’s Depression Inventory CDI


Information By: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Dates:
Date Received: November 16, 2005
Date Started: June 2004
Date Completion:
Last Updated: June 10, 2015
Last Verified: June 2015