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University of Minnesota |
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Information provided by: | University of Minnesota |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00275288 |
MRI Study for females ages 18-45 with Borderline Personality Disorder(BPD): This study is a non-treatment study that involves 2 visits. Study Hypothesis:
Condition |
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Borderline Personality Disorder |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Psychosocial, Cross-Sectional, Defined Population, Prospective Study |
Official Title: | "Brain Correlates Of Affect Regulation In BPD" |
Enrollment: | 20 |
Study Start Date: | January 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2007 |
The first visit will be an interview assessment and will take place at the Ambulatory Research Center (ARC), Fairview University-Riverside Campus. In addition to the interview assessment, we will ask you to complete a set of questionnaires about your behavior and mood. This first visit will last approximately 2.5-3 hours. Following the interview assessment, if you are eligible for the MRI study we will contact you to schedule an MRI scan on a separate visit. This visit will last approximately 2 hours. At this visit you will have an MRI scan of your brain. Prior to the MRI scan, you will have a practice session in an MRI simulator.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 45 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Female subjects ages 18-45 whom meet criteria for BPD will be included in the study. The healthy controls will also be females between the ages 18-45. The healthy controls will undergo the same diagnostic and symptom evaluations as the female patients - these interview schedules will be used mainly for determining exclusion criteria. -
Exclusion Criteria:
This is to reduce the possibility of healthy controls being "near misses" to the patients and diminishing the possibility of finding difference between the patients and the healthy controls.
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United States, Minnesota | |
University of Minnesota, Dept of Psychiatry | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55454 |
Study Director: | Kathleen M Thomas, PhD | Asst Professor, Institute of Child Development |
Study ID Numbers: | 0407M62321 |
Study First Received: | January 10, 2006 |
Last Updated: | August 8, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00275288 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
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