Family-Focused approach aims to ease borderline personality disorder
NCT ID NCT06563466
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding a case manager and family meetings to standard care helps people with borderline personality disorder. About 100 adults will be randomly assigned to the new program or usual care. The goal is to see if the approach is practical and improves daily functioning and symptoms.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Participating Patients Inclusion Criteria: * Must be able to give an informed written consent. * Must be newly accepted in the pre-planned BPD treatment packages. * ≥18 years of age. * Agreeing to involvement of one or two informal caregivers, families, or close friends ("Relatives"). * Capable of reading and understanding Danish. Exclusion Criteria: * None\* * Note that to get accepted into a treatment package for BPD, patients must not fulfill the criteria for a F20 diagnosis or the criteria for alcohol or substance abuse or harmful use. Participating Relatives: Inclusion Criteria: * Must be able to give an informed written consent. * ≥18 years of age. * Capable of reading and understanding Danish. Exclusion criteria: None
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health - CORE
RECRUITINGCopenhagen, 2900, Denmark
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