Status:
COMPLETED
Peer Social Support During In Vivo Exposure for PTSD
Lead Sponsor:
Medical University of South Carolina
Collaborating Sponsors:
Charleston Research Institute
Conditions:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Anxiety Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Veterans who have prematurely dropped out of exposure therapy for PTSD will be contacted and offered the opportunity to return to treatment, this time with the assistance of an in vivo exposure therap...
Detailed Description
Veterans (participants and peers) with PTSD will be recruited from the Charleston VA Medical Center catchment area. Participants will have been assigned to exposure therapy for PTSD and either started...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participant
- Adult male or female over the age of 18 that has served, or is currently serving in the military.
- Either diagnosis of PTSD as determined by a Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) clinical interview or CAPS-5 severity ≥ 25, and a PCL-5 score of ≥25.
- Attempted PE treatment in the past, but did not complete treatment (defined as dropping out from treatment or refusal to engage in in vivo exposure assignments) OR identified as "at-risk" of dropping out of current exposure therapy treatment (defined as failure to complete 3 sessions of therapy within any 6 week period or verbally indicating that they are not comfortable with the exposure activities).
- Participant
Exclusion
- Active psychosis or dementia at screening.
- Suicidal ideation with clear intent.
- Concurrent enrollment in another clinical trial for PTSD or depression.
- Peer Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult male or female over the age of 18 that has served, or is currently serving, in the military.
- Successful competition of exposure therapy treatment in the past and willingness to act as peer in the program.
- PCL-5 score of 32 or lower.
- Peer
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
109 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03485391
Start Date
May 1 2018
End Date
May 31 2023
Last Update
August 16 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401