Training to improve emotion regulation in people with Borderline Personality Disorder

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This study focuses on developing and testing a cognitive reappraisal training program aimed at individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The intervention involves teaching participants to use cognitive strategies to manage their emotional responses more effectively. By examining the neural and behavioral impacts of this training, the researchers aim to establish its efficacy in improving clinical outcomes for BPD patients. The study seeks to address the significant treatment gap for BPD, where current therapies have limited effectiveness.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Medically healthy men and women with Borderline Personality Disorder who are mentally competent and give informed voluntary written consent.
* Participants will be between the ages of 18 and 55.
* Within these requirements, the inclusion and exclusion criteria do not reflect participation based on gender or racial/ethnic group. The targeted/planned enrollment is a reflection of previous recruitment of female and ethnic minorities in other studies conducted by the PI and their colleagues and includes representations of both genders and all minorities.
* Participants with comorbid avoidant personality disorder will be included.
* Participants who meet criteria for PTSD will be included as long as they are not actively experiencing symptoms.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants will not meet criteria for Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
* Participants currently meeting criteria for Major Depressive Disorder will be excluded.
* BPD participants will not meet DSM-5 criteria for present PTSD, bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, substance use disorder within the past 6 months, organic mental syndromes, head trauma, schizotypal personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, CNS neurological disease, or seizure disorder. Participants meeting criteria for a non-IV substance use disorder more than 6 months prior to enrollment will not be excluded. This study allows patients who are currently taking psychotropic medications or are in psychotherapy, so long as there has been no change in medication or psychotherapy over the preceding two months.
* Participants currently meeting criteria for major depressive disorder.
* Participants meeting criteria for substance use disorder within the last 6 months or of an IV-substance use disorder at any time.
* Participants may not have a pacemaker, surgical clips, any metallic implants, or shrapnel fragments that would contraindicate MRI scanning.
* Pregnant women.

Where it's running

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  New York, New York, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Harold W Koenigsberg, MD — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Study coordinator: Harold W Koenigsberg, MD
• Email: harold.koenigsberg@mssm.edu
• Phone: 718-584-9000

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.