Status:
COMPLETED
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, and Virtual Reality
Lead Sponsor:
Duke University
Collaborating Sponsors:
United States Department of Defense
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center
Conditions:
Substance Use Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Eligible veterans, National Guardsmen \& Reservists with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and problems with addiction will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions. All participant...
Detailed Description
Veterans, National Guardsmen, \& Reservists with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and problems with addiction need a wider array of treatment options than what is currently available. The present...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Meets SCID-I criteria for PTSD; criterion A stressor must be deployment related, and substance dependence; primary substance of dependence is cocaine, heroin, alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana
- Must be a Veteran
- Consents to outpatient treatment for PTSD and drug addiction
Exclusion
- Full criteria met for current manic episode or psychotic disorder through using SCID-I interviews
- Pregnant at time of treatment
- IQ less than 70; unable to give consent; can not read
- current and chronic absence of shelter
- impending jail/prison for more than three weeks
- Court order to treatment, court order to treatment or to jail, or agency order to treatment or loss of child custody (due to inability to freely drop-out of treatment)
- Refuses to discontinue current mental health or drug abuse behavioral treatment (i.e., psychotherapy) or random assignment
- Suicide attempt or self-harm in the past 6 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
38 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01186315
Start Date
December 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2013
Last Update
August 21 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710