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

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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401