Engagement and Clinical Impact of the Teleo Virtual Therapy Platform in Clinical Settings

Stanford University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Mood Disorders; Anxiety Disorders

Treatments: Other: Teleo; Other: Standard videoconferencing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06364137

73203

R42MH136878 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research study will examine engagement in telehealth for children undergoing psychotherapy. Specifically, the pilot trial will examine examine patient engagement in Teleo, a virtual therapy platform specifically designed for psychotherapy with youth, as compared to standard video conferencing.

Full description

The research study will examine engagement in telehealth for children undergoing psychotherapy. The study in Phase I entails a pilot randomized trial with a goal to enroll 42 families, examining patient engagement in Teleo, a virtual therapy platform specifically designed for psychotherapy with youth, as compared to standard video conferencing.

Engagement will be assessed using well-established measures - PRIME-O (modified) video coding, MTT-Y/MTTCG and attendance data (sessions 1-4). Clinicians in the study will deliver therapy to clients for 4 sessions, providing opportunity to measure temporal sustainment of any engagement differences.

Enrollment: 42 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient ages 5-14
• Receiving psychotherapy with a licensed professional on the Teleo platform
• Likely have at least 12 sessions remaining.
• RCADS score > 65

Exclusion criteria

• Not under treatment with provider using Teleo platform

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Teleo

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will under therapy for 4 sessions using the Teleo virtual therapy video platform, sessions will be recorded and questionnaires and clinical data will be measured.

Treatment:

Other: Teleo

Standard videoconferencing

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will under therapy for 4 sessions using standard video platforms (e.g. zoom or other publicly available product), sessions will be recorded and questionnaires and clinical data will be measured.

Treatment:

Other: Standard videoconferencing