Personality Change Study for Borderline Personality Disorder

Shannon E. Sauer-Zavala

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Personality-Based Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06005129

86801

R61MH133665 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participants with borderline personality disorder will undergo an a 2 - 4 week baseline assessment to determine level of outcomes of interest in the absence of treatment. After the baseline period, participants will receive six weekly 50-60-minute treatment sessions. After the 6 treatment sessions, participants will complete a 4-week follow-up period to determine the sustainability of the treatment module.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Speak English fluently
• Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosed psychological conditions that would be better addressed by alternative treatments
• concurrent psychotherapy
• medication instability
• substance use disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Personality-based treatment 2 week baseline

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive treatment tailored to 1 of 3 personality dimensions after a 2 week baseline assessment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personality-Based Therapy

Personality-based treatment 4 week baseline

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive treatment tailored to 1 of 3 personality dimensions after a 4 week baseline assessment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personality-Based Therapy