Brief Exposure and Exercise for PTSD.

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if 8 sessions of brief exposure and exercise therapy works to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in adults. This study will also learn if participants think brief exposure and exercise therapy is a good and doable treatment. and The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do participants find brief exposure and exercise an acceptable and feasible means of treatment for PTSD? * Does brief exposure and exercise decreases of the severity of PTSD symptoms? Participants will: * Complete weekly questionnaires for 10-14 weeks. * Attend 8 twice weekly exposure therapy and exercise sessions for 4 weeks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07080606

Run by

Troy Hubert

People needed

12

Starts

2025-06-25

Expected to finish

2026-03-02

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Provide informed consent and are willing to participate in therapy sessions twice weekly, which include moderate-intensity aerobic exercise.
• Participants must be adults aged 18-64 meeting the criteria for PTSD within the past month, who are not currently receiving treatment from other psychotherapy or are on unstable psychiatric medication (i.e., less than four weeks of psychiatric medication).
• Participants should be able to engage in 25 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (i.e., 70-75% of max heart rate).
• Participants must be able to speak and read English fluently to participate in the current study.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants who endorse health condition(s) that would prevent moderate exercise.
• Participants who endorse (i.e., "yes") any items on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ) that is not controlled or managed.
• Participants with any injuries to the lower extremities that may hinder riding an exercise bicycle.
• Psychiatric exclusion criteria include recent (within the past three months) severe use disorder(s), high risk for suicide (i.e., plan, intent, or recent attempt), mania, or psychotic symptoms unrelated to PTSD symptoms.
• Participants currently seeking or undergoing any other trauma-focused psychotherapy treatment.

Where it is running

• University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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