Can a care team beat depression better than usual doctor visits?
NCT ID NCT02678845
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a collaborative care model, where doctors, nurses, and mental health specialists work together, helps adults with depression more than standard care. 325 Danish adults with depression took part. The goal was to see if this team approach reduces depression symptoms more effectively.
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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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325 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2014
- Finished
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Jul 2020
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 18+ years * Danish speaking * Diagnosis of current depression using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) (DSM IV) by researchers that have been trained in using MINI and according to the ICD-10 criteria or when diagnosed by GP after conference with a psychiatrist in Project Collabri * The patient has given her/his written informed consent to participate in the trial at the described terms Exclusion Criteria: * High risk of suicide assessed in the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and/or by general practitioner * Psychotic condition detected in the MINI and/or by general practitioner * Patients with a diagnosis of dementia * Pregnancy * Alcohol or substance misuse that hinders the person participating in Collabri treatment as assessed by the practitioner or researcher at inclusion interview * Patients that are in current psychological or psychiatric treatment due to anxiety or depression * Patients with a pending disability pension case * Patients who have been treated for anxiety or depression within the last 6 months * For patients in the intervention group: Patients with depression who wants treatment cf. the Danish psychologist scheme and do not want the reference to the psychologist preceded by other treatment, cf. the Collabri model * For patients in the intervention group: If the patient at the first point of contact with the general practitioner after inclusion by a research assistant is referred to treatment as a part of the secondary psychiatric care system. * Patients who are assessed by the general practitioner as medically unstable making it impossible for the patient to adhere to treatment * OCD, PTSD, bipolar affective disorder as assessed in the MINI and/or by the general practitioner
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mental Health Centre Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
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