Status:

RECRUITING

A Trial Comparing Interpersonal Therapy to Exposure Therapy for PTSD Due to Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in Male and Female Military Personnel

Lead Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Collaborating Sponsors:

United States Department of Defense

Conditions:

PTSD

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two kinds of therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): exposure therapy (ET) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). The results of this study will allow...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • English-speaking
  • Military Sexual Trauma (MST) survivors, with MST defined as actual or threatened sexual violence, from Vietnam era to current Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation New Dawn
  • Diagnosed with PTSD consequent to MST, with a minimum CAPS score \> 40
  • Medically stable at time of study enrollment (for persons with chronic injuries and that any disability present does not prevent attendance of weekly outpatient therapy sessions)
  • Ability to provide informed consent and function at an intellectual level sufficient to allow accurate completion of all assessment instruments
  • Stable on psychotropic medication for the prior 60 days

Exclusion

  • Lifetime or current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder
  • Participation in a clinical trial or concurrent evidence-based treatment for MST-related psychiatric conditions or PTSD during the previous 3 months
  • Current evidence of significant unstable medical illness or organic brain impairment such that the patient could not attend sessions regularly or complete assessments
  • Patients who in the investigator's judgment pose a current homicidal or suicidal risk
  • Current or history of substance dependence in the past 90 days.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 9 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

208 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03803332

Start Date

March 9 2020

End Date

September 1 2026

Last Update

December 17 2025

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Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, New York, United States, 10065