Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: PTSD
• Interventions: Behavioral: Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure

• Registration Number: NCT02818114
• Lead Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

Brief Summary

The investigators plan to develop and test an intervention using peer specialists (Veterans who have managed PTSD and completed PE) to provide support services for Veterans using prolonged exposure therapy.

Detailed Description

The investigators will use qualitative data from Veterans and PE providers to revise the investigators' manualized intervention for peer support services, then complete a feasibility trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-06-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-06-27
• Study First Posted: 2016-06-29
• Study Start: 2016-10-16
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-16
• Study Completion: 2018-10-30
• Results First Submitted: 2019-03-29
• Results First Submitted QC: 2019-03-29
• Status Verified: 2019-06
• Results First Posted: 2019-06-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

• Veteran participants will be individuals appropriate for PE, i.e., :

  • Veterans who are currently seeking PE
  • meet DSM-5 criteria for PTSD or subthreshold PTSD
  • are competent to consent to research

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Exclusion Criteria

• Veteran participants do not have levels of other types of psychopathology that would prevent successful participation in the intervention

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PEET	Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure	Peer support interventions as an adjunct to prolonged exposure

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PE Sessions Attended	10 weeks	Number of PE Sessions attended during 10 weeks of participation in study. 10 is the maximum, 0 is the minimum. Higher numbers of sessions attended are an indication of better engagement in treatment.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist-5	10 weeks	Self-report measure of PTSD symptoms; score range is 0-80, with higher scores indicating more PTSD symptoms.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States