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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2020
Main ID:  ACTRN12615000355572
Date of registration: 20/04/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of New South Wales
Public title: Hospital-Based Early Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Scientific title: Randomised Controlled Trial of Cognitive Therapy with either Memory Reactivation or Control Condition for Adults to prevent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Traumatic Injury
Date of first enrolment: 01/01/2016
Target sample size: 240
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12615000355572.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Purpose: Prevention; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Blinded (masking used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Efficacy;  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name: Prof Richard Bryant   
Address:  School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, 2052 Australia
Telephone: +61-2-93853640
Email: r.bryant@unsw.edu.au
Affiliation: 
Name: Prof Richard Bryant   
Address:  School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, 2052 Australia
Telephone: +61-2-93853640
Email: r.bryant@unsw.edu.au
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adults survivors of traumatic injury who are admitted to hospital following injury and report at least moderate distress (as measured on the Acute Stress Disorder Scale)
Exclusion criteria: (a) current substance dependence, (b) inadequate comprehension of English, (c) suicidal intent, (d) psychosis, (e) concurrent psychotropic medication, (f) concurrent psychotherapy, or (g) existence of moderate or severe traumatic brain injury.

Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Posttraumatic stress disorder;
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents
Mental Health - Anxiety
Intervention(s)
There are three arms to this trial. Arm 1: Cognitive Therapy/Memory Reactivation. Arm 2: Cognitive Therapy. Arm 3: Wait-List. Therapy is administered once-daily over
4 days on an individual 30 minute basis. Cognitive Therapy/Memory Reactivation is hospital-based and administered by a psychologist. It includes brief reminding the patient of their traumatic injury, followed by audiorecorded instructions encouraging adaptive appraisals about recovery. The duration of the study for any participant will conclude after a 6-month follow-up assessment, resulting in participation duration of 6.5 months.
Primary Outcome(s)
Posttraumatic stress disorder, as measured by the Posttraumatic Stress Scale.[Timepoint: Pretreatment, posttreatment, 3, Month Follow-up, 6-Month Follow-up]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Depression, as measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale[Timepoint: Pretreatment, posttreatment, 3, Month Follow-up, 6-Month Follow-up]
Secondary ID(s)
Nil
Source(s) of Monetary Support
NHMRC
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Not approved
Approval date:
Contact:
Northern Sydney Local Area Health Service HREC
Results
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