Cognitive-Function Informed Outpatient Child and Youth Mental Healthcare
Cognitive-Function Informed Outpatient Child and Youth Mental Healthcare: A Hybrid Type II Randomized Controlled Trial
- Mental Health Care
- Mental Health in Elementary School Children
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mental Health Difficulties
- Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents
- Mental Health Issues
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Enrolment target
- 215
- Started
- 31 July 2026
- Main results due
- 31 July 2028
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 25 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 7 years to 17 years.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Children and Youth: At least 7 but no more than 17 years of age at enrollment. * Referred by the initial CHEO Outpatient MH clinician (the Choice clinician) to an individual Outpatient MH provider (an Individual Partnership provider). Parents/Caregivers: \- The parent/guardian/caregiver of a child or youth meeting the above criteria Mental Health Staff: * Partnership-level providers involved in delivering CFIC to children/youth in CHEO's Outpatient MH Service. * Administrative leaders (i.e, Medical Lead, Clinical Lead, Manager, MH Program Director, Chief of Psychiatry) for CHEO's Outpatient MH Team. Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 7 years of age or older than 18 years at initial CHEO Outpatient MH appointment. * Referred to any non-individual provider appointment by the initial CHEO Outpatient MH clinician (the Choice clinician); this includes referral to providers administering group or Rapid Response Team care. * Does not understand English or French. Parents/Caregivers: * The adults responsible for any child or youth in the situations described above. * Does not understand English or French. Mental Health Staff: \- Providers not involved in delivering CFIC to children/youth as part of CHEO's Outpatient Mental Health Service.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
Cognitive Function Informed Care (CFIC) is a new, add-on type of care for mental health outpatients. To receive this type of care, a child/youth does something called a neuropsychological assessment, which are tests given by a special type of psychologist, called a neuropsychologist. These tests give the neuropsychologist information about how that child/youth's brain works, in a way that is unique to them. This information is called cognitive function, and it is shared with the patient and their family. This information is also shared with their mental health provider, who will work with the neuropsychologist to make sure that their treatment makes sense for their brain.
One main purpose of this research is to see if it is better to receive information about cognitive function to help make treatment decisions (CFIC), or better to receive standard care without this information. To do this, participants will be randomly assigned to either receive CFIC or proceed with standard care. Between groups, we will be comparing any improvement(s) in overall function and symptoms.
The other main purpose of this research is to evaluate how CFIC influences the outpatient mental health service (i.e., implementation). We will be monitoring how the service is delivered, documenting changes as needed, asking patients about their experience(s), surveying staff members and evaluating cost.
Study sites(1)
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Recruiting
Showing 1 of 1 sites. 1 of the 1 site on this study is recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07842952. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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