Loving-Kindness Meditation for PTSD
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
In brief
This randomized controlled trial will assess whether a novel complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) intervention, Loving-kindness Meditation (LKM), is not meaningfully inferior to another group-based PTSD treatment , Cognitive Processing Therapy (Cognitive Only version; CPT-C) for reductions in PTSD and depressive symptoms. 170 male and female Veterans with current PTSD will be randomized to LKM or CPT-C. The investigators hypothesize that Veterans randomized to LKM will report mean reductions in PTSD and depressive symptom severity that are not meaningfully worse than CPT-C. The investigators further hypothesize that reductions in posttraumatic maladaptive beliefs will more strongly mediate PTSD and depressive symptom improvement for those assigned to CPT-C than those assigned to LKM.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01962714
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 184
- Starts
- 2014-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-11-29
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-03-17
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM)-5 diagnosis of PTSD,
- 18 or over,
- English fluency,
- Willingness to not participate in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction or other meditation programs, as well as Prolonged Exposure (PE) or CPT during the study period.
You may not qualify if…
- Any of the following substance use criteria: 1) Use in the past 90 days of illicit substance (do not include cannabis)/ street drug (non-prescribed); 2) Use in the past 90 days of prescription drug of abuse, use is not as prescribed AND poses safety concern
- Alcohol involvement that poses a safety concern or is associated with inability to follow through on assessments and class attendance as evinced by current drinking AND dt's or seizure in past year
- Suicidal or homicidal ideation with intent or plan
- Attempted harm to Self or others in the past month
- A lifetime psychotic disorder or current psychotic symptoms
- Uncontrolled bipolar disorder (ie current mania, current hypomania is not an exclusion)
- Chart diagnoses of borderline personality disorder or antisocial personality disorder
- In-patient admission for psychiatric reasons within the past month
- Prior participation in LKM or CPT
- Dementia
Where it is running
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA — Seattle, Washington, United States
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