The CARE (Collaborative Adolescent Running Experience) Project

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise -Running

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05837351

HUM00212052

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is being completed to see if participants activity levels may have an impact as a treatment for depression, or depressive symptoms.

Eligible participants will be enrolled and have an 8-week running intervention three times each week.

The study hypothesizes that adolescents with Psychiatric disorders that are experiencing depressive symptoms will participate in a supported running intervention.

Enrollment: 4 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Psychiatric disorders that are experiencing depressive symptoms (defined by the protocol)
• Must have a smart phone
• Parents/guardians will be advised to discuss their child's participation in the intervention with the participant's primary care physician

Exclusion criteria

• Adolescents with unstable cardiac, pulmonary, endocrine or renal disorders
• Adolescents with previous injuries or other conditions that may impact the safety of a running intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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4 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise -Running

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise -Running