Status:
COMPLETED
Cognitive Remediation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Lead Sponsor:
Bronx VA Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
VISN 3 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
Conditions:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to gather feasibility data on cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) as an alternative intervention for PTSD. CRT is a standardized intervention that involves performing cogn...
Detailed Description
The effects of CRT will be examined in 30 combat veterans with current PTSD, to be randomized to either CRT or to a non-therapeutic video game. PTSD status and other clinical data will be collected vi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female combat veterans with a current diagnosis of PTSD with a minimum duration of six months
- Age 18 years and older
- Capable of understanding, reading, and writing in English
Exclusion
- Incapable and/or unwilling to provide written informed consent prior to participation
- Less than 11 years of formal education
- The veteran, the veteran's physician, or the study physician thinks that the veteran's clinical state necessitates hospitalization
- Response of 3 or 4 on the suicidality items of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale or an assessed serious suicide risk
- Current substance and/or alcohol abuse and/or dependence, or abuse/dependence within the previous 6 months which contraindicates participation in the judgment of the evaluating clinician
- A lifetime history of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, organic mental disorder, or dementia
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
2 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00850447
Start Date
October 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2011
Last Update
February 2 2012
Active Locations (1)
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James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10458