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Personalized Depression Treatment Supported by Mobile Sensor Analytics (DepWatch)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06292221
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : March 5, 2024
Last Update Posted : May 3, 2024
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Bing Wang, University of Connecticut

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

The current best practice guidelines for treating depression call for close monitoring of patients, and periodically adjusting treatment as needed. This present study seeks to develop and investigate an innovative digital system, DepWatch, that leverages mobile health technologies and machine learning tools to provide clinicians objective, accurate, and timely assessment of depression symptoms to assist with their clinical decision making process. Specifically, DepWatch collects sensory data passively from smartphones and wristbands, without any user interaction, and uses simple user-friendly interfaces to collect ecological momentary assessments (EMA), medication adherence and safety related data from patients. The collected data will be fed to machine learning models to be developed in the project to provide weekly assessment of patient symptom levels and predict the trajectory of treatment response over time. The assessment and prediction results are then presented using a graphic interface to clinicians to help them make critical treatment decisions. The main question the present clinical trial aims to answer are as follows:

  1. Feasibility of the digital tool, DepWatch, to assist clinicians in depression treatment and inform their clinical decision process
  2. Effectiveness of the digital tool, DepWatch, to improve depression treatment outcomes All study participants will carry the DepWatch app on their smartphones and wear a Fitbit provided by the study team during the study period. They will also complete brief questionnaires via the app at specific time intervals throughout the study period.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Depression Other: A mobile Health (mHealth) tool called 'DepWatch' Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 128 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description: Two groups of participants (64 per group) will be enrolled and will participate in the study over a 3 month period . Both will receive standard of care depression treatment with their respective providers in the clinic. Both groups will undergo standard depression assessment using depression questionnaires as well as behavioral assessments using a mobile health (mHealth) tool 'DepWatch' developed by the study team in the phase I of the study. Study clinicians will receive weekly behavioral assessment reports for participants enrolled in the first 'experimental' group and will not receive such reports for the second 'control' group
Masking: None (Open Label)
Masking Description: There is no masking
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Official Title: SCH: Personalized Depression Treatment Supported by Mobile Sensor Analytics
Actual Study Start Date : April 4, 2024
Estimated Primary Completion Date : April 2025
Estimated Study Completion Date : June 2025

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Experimental
For this group of participants: The study clinicians will receive the weekly depression and behavioral assessment reports generated by the mHealth tool 'DepWatch' via a secure clinician portal
 Other: A mobile Health (mHealth) tool called 'DepWatch'
The mobile Health (mHealth) tool 'DepWatch' developed by the study team consists of the DepWatch app that is uploaded on participant's smart phones with their consent and a Fitbit provided to the participants
Control
For this group of participants: The study clinicians will NOT receive the weekly depression and behavioral assessment reports generated by the mHealth tool 'DepWatch'
 Other: A mobile Health (mHealth) tool called 'DepWatch'
The mobile Health (mHealth) tool 'DepWatch' developed by the study team consists of the DepWatch app that is uploaded on participant's smart phones with their consent and a Fitbit provided to the participants


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Feasibility and Usability [ Time Frame: 3 surveys conducted 4 months apart (over the 12 month study period) ]
    Study clinicians will complete surveys about feasibility and usability of the weekly. assessments provided to them on their patients in informing their clinical decision making process


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Depression outcomes [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
    Depression outcomes will be compared between the two groups using the 'Quick Inventory of Depression Symptomatology' questionnaire. Quick Inventory of Depression Symptomatology (self-report), minimum value 0, maximum value 27, Higher scores mean worse outcome.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 year or older
  • Moderate level of depression as defined by a score of ≥ 11 on the 16 item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) self-report questionnaire
  • Initiating a pharmacological treatment for depression as monotherapy or adjunctive treatment or reporting a dose increase with their existing depression treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of a primary psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
  • Currently active substance use disorder (within 1 month of enrollment) dominating clinical scenario
  • Other clinically significant medical of psychiatric conditions that may adversely affect participants' study participation and/or affect their adherence to study protocol (as determined by study clinician) e.g., significant cognitive deficits
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT06292221


Contacts
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Contact: Galina Prpich, MS 8606797539 prpich@uchc.edu
Contact: Parit Patel, MBBS 8606797587 papatel@uchc.edu

Locations
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United States, Connecticut
University of Connecticut Health Center Recruiting
Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06030
Contact: Jayesh Kamath, MD PhD    860-679-6727    jkamath@uchc.edu   
Contact: Andrew Winokur, MD PhD    860-679-6775    awinokur@uchc.edu   
Principal Investigator: Andrew Winokur, MD PhD         
Sponsors and Collaborators
UConn Health
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Jayesh Kamath, MD PhD UConn Health
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Responsible Party: Bing Wang, Professor, University of Connecticut
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06292221    
Other Study ID Numbers: H19-078
R01MH119678 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted: March 5, 2024    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: May 3, 2024
Last Verified: May 2024
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No
Plan Description: As per our data sharing plan: Aggregate data will be shared

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by Bing Wang, University of Connecticut:
Depression
smartphone
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Depression
Depressive Disorder
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders