Evaluating Treatments for Suicidal Veterans With PTSD
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05974631 |
Recruitment Status :
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First Posted : August 3, 2023
Last Update Posted : April 29, 2024
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Self-directed Violence Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure protocol Behavioral: Prolonged Exposure therapy Behavioral: Suicide risk management | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | 2-arm randomized clinical trial |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Masking Description: | Outcome assessors will be masked to participants' treatment condition |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Treatments for Veterans With PTSD at Elevated Acute Risk for Suicide |
Estimated Study Start Date : | June 3, 2024 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 30, 2027 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 30, 2027 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: DBT + DBT PE
This condition combines one year of standard Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with the DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol for PTSD.
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Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Standard Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), including DBT individual therapy (1 hour/week), DBT group skills training (2 hours/week), between-session coaching (as needed during business hours), and therapist consultation team (1-1.5 hours/week).
Other Name: DBT Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure protocol DBT PE is designed to be integrated into DBT to formally treat PTSD once patients meet standardized readiness criteria. The core procedures are in vivo and imaginal exposure with processing that are delivered in individual therapy sessions (1.5 hours/week).
Other Name: DBT PE |
Active Comparator: PE + SRM
This condition provides up to 18 sessions of Prolonged Exposure therapy (PE) for PTSD augmented with suicide risk management (SRM).
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Behavioral: Prolonged Exposure therapy
Standard PE is delivered in individual therapy sessions (1.5 hours/week) and uses the core procedures of in vivo and imaginal exposure with processing.
Other Name: PE Behavioral: Suicide risk management Standard VA suicide risk management procedures, including comprehensive suicide risk assessment and safety planning.
Other Name: SRM |
- Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview - Revised Short Form (SITBI-R-SF) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Number of self-directed violence episodes
- Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 Revised (CAPS-5-R) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total Severity Score (range = 0 - 200, higher is worse)
- Columbia - Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), Suicide Ideation subscales [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total Score (range = 0 - 5, higher is worse)
- Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Global Severity Index (range = 0 to 4, higher is worse)
- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16 (DERS-16) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total Score (range = 16 - 80, higher is worse)
- World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]General Disability Score (range = 12 - 60, higher is worse)
- Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview Revised Short Form (SITBI-R-SF) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Non-suicidal self-injury frequency and remission; Suicide attempt frequency and remission
- Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 Revised (CAPS-5-R) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]PTSD diagnostic status
- Treatment History Interview (THI) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Non-VA psychotherapy, psychiatric crisis services, and psychotropic medications
- VA Service Use Form [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]VA mental health service use and psychotropic medications
- Credibility Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total score (range = 1 - 7, higher is better)
- Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) [ Time Frame: Post-treatment (4 months in PE + SRM, 12 months in DBT + DBT PE) ]Total score (range = 8 - 32, higher is better)
- Dissociative Experiences Scale - Taxon (DES-T) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total score (range = 0 - 80, higher is worse)
- Trauma-Related Shame Inventory (TRSI) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total score (range = 0 - 72, higher is worse)
- Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total score (range = 1 - 5, higher is better)
- Borderline Symptom List - Behavioral Supplement (BSL-BS) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total score (range = 0 - 44, higher is worse)
- PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total severity score (range = 0 - 80, higher is worse)
- Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory-9 (PTCI-9) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 18 months ]Total score (range = 9 to 63, higher is worse)
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- PTSD
- Recent and repeated self-directed violence
- Current suicidal ideation
- Emotion dysregulation
- Veteran eligible for VHA mental health care at participating site (Seattle, Minneapolis, and Durham VAs)
- Age 18+
- Willing to participate in all study activities
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to maintain safety independently
- Currently engaged in and/or recent (past year) history of receiving a sufficient dose of DBT or PE
- Plan to move away or be unavailable for >4 weeks in the next 18 months
- Unable to sufficiently comprehend study procedures due to lack of English proficiency or moderate to severe cognitive impairment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05974631
Contact: Melanie S Harned, PhD | (206) 277-3650 | melanie.harned@va.gov | |
Contact: John C Fortney, PhD | (206) 764-2821 | John.Fortney@va.gov |
United States, Minnesota | |
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55417-2309 | |
Contact: Lindsay Andrews-Wiebusch, PhD 612-629-7656 Lindsay.Andrews-Wiebusch@va.gov | |
Contact: Laura A Meis, PhD (612) 467-4516 laura.meis@va.gov | |
Sub-Investigator: Laura A. Meis, PhD | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705-3875 | |
Contact: Elizabeth E Van Voorhees, PhD 919-286-0411 ext 6435 Elizabeth.VanVoorhees@va.gov | |
Contact: Charlotte Ready, PhD (919) 286-0411 ext 177062 Charlotte.Ready@va.gov | |
Sub-Investigator: Elizabeth E Van Voorhees, PhD | |
United States, Washington | |
VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108-1532 | |
Contact: Melanie S Harned, PhD 206-277-3650 melanie.harned@va.gov | |
Contact: John C Fortney, PhD (206) 764-2821 John.Fortney@va.gov | |
Principal Investigator: Melanie S Harned, PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Melanie S Harned, PhD | VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA |
Responsible Party: | VA Office of Research and Development |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05974631 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SDR 22-185 |
First Posted: | August 3, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 29, 2024 |
Last Verified: | April 2024 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | De-identified, anonymized data that underlie results in a publication may be shared. |
Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Analytic Code |
Time Frame: | Starting after publication of relevant data |
Access Criteria: | Data may be shared in response to written requests submitted to the PI by other researchers. Such data sharing will take place under a written agreement that prohibits the recipient from identifying or re-identifying (or taking steps to identify or re-identify) any individual whose data are in the dataset. |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Suicide Self-Injurious Behavior |
Stress Disorders, Traumatic Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders Mental Disorders |