Brief Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: PTSD

In brief

The primary goal of this study is to examine whether a brief treatment approach for PTSD is equally efficacious in the treatment of active duty service members relative to a first line treatment approach that requires much greater treatment dose.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03033602

Run by

Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.

People needed

169

Starts

2015-07-20

Expected to finish

2021-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2023-05-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and female active duty military personnel who have deployed in support of a post-9/11 conflict seeking treatment for PTSD
• Diagnosis of PTSD
• Ability to speak, read and write English
• Not currently engaged in psychosocial treatment for PTSD
• Individuals taking psychotropic medications agree to work with their prescriber to remain on stable doses of any prescribed psychotropic medications for the duration of the intervention and through the first follow-up assessment as much as possible and as medically indicated.

You may not qualify if…

• Current suicide or homicide risk meriting crisis intervention
• Active psychosis
• Moderate to severe brain damage

Where it is running

• Ft. Hood — Killeen, Texas, United States
• University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States

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