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Parent Management Training for Irritability in Children

This study is testing a program called Parent Management Training (PMT) to help children aged 10-14 who experience significant irritability, including frequent temper tantrums and anger. PMT focuses on teaching parents skills to manage their child's challenging behaviors. The study aims to see if PMT can reduce these angry outbursts and cranky moods, and if it can be successfully offered in an outpatient clinic setting. For this study, success means showing that the PMT procedures are practical and can be delivered effectively. Up to 24 families are planned to join, and the study's current status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 36 participants, though up to 24 families will be consented. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
What's involved
If you join, you (the parent) will complete 12 weekly sessions of Parent Management Training, each lasting 45-55 minutes. Both you and your child will also complete assessments before, during, and after the treatment.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Assessments will be completed before, during, and after the 12-session treatment, with the primary endpoint measured at 5 months.

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NCT06020261

Parent Management Training to Treat Irritability

Recruiting
NAAges 10–14InterventionalTreatment
University of Colorado, Denver
~36 participants
Updated 2026-07-15 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Parent Management Training

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Demonstrate the feasibility of Parent Management Training (PMT) procedures
Measured over 5 months

Conditions

Irritable Mood
Temper Tantrum
Anger

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Colorado1

Study leadership

  • Joel Stoddard, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Joel Stoddard, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Colorado Denver Anschutz

Who to contact

Jami Moe-Hartman, MA
[email protected]
303-724-2259
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

clinically significant irritability (Clinician Affective Reactivity Index 30 or greater)
parent or guardian with whom the child resides for at least 50% of the time is willing to participate in treatment with the child

Exclusion

psychiatric instability (danger to self/others, risky substance abuse)
current active Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or a severe active stressor (e.g. child abuse)
history of severe psychopathology with an established alternate treatment (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, intellectual disability)
general medical condition that may be driving irritability or prevent generalizable physiologic measures.
screen positive for an intellectual disability via Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Second Edition (WASI II) estimated Intelligence Quotient (IQ)\<70.

What this trial measures

  • Demonstrate the feasibility of Parent Management Training (PMT) procedures5 months

    The study team will implement a PMT protocol with fidelity and acceptability assessments. The Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) (revised short form) will be used by the clinician and the parent to rate engagement in treatment after each PMT session. There are no established benchmarks for this measure, but it will provide information about the acceptability of the treatment by rating the alliance between the therapist and the parent.