CBT to Treat Depression in Renal Patients (CBTRPat)

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: End Stage Renal Disease; Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00530296

04/08710-8

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is effective in the treatment of depression in patients with end-stage renal disease in hemodialysis therapy

Full description

Depression is a persistent problem among patients with end-stage renal disease and it does not tend to improve over time. The implementation of effective interventions to treat and prevent recurrence of depressive episodes is needed. The objectives of this study are: 1)the detection of Major Depression in hemodialysis patients; 2)to allocate patients with depression in two groups: structured program of treatment with CBT (group therapy)and control group (conventional psychotherapy at the dialysis unit); and 3)to verify whether after 3 months of CBT there was a remission of depressive symptoms and a improvement of the quality of life in the CBT group.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with a diagnosis of Chronic renal disease (end stage) in hemodialysis for at least 3 months
• Diagnosis of Major depression disorder (4 or more clinical criteria in MINI and a BDI score of 10 or more)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients in process of renal transplant with (living donor)
• Psychiatric comorbidity
• Cognitive impairment or mental retardation
• Current substance abuse
• Heart failure, angina pectoris, arrhythmias

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind