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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 November 2015
Main ID:  NCT02598024
Date of registration: 30/10/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Nepalese Psychological Association
Public title: Treating Earthquake in Nepal Trauma (TENT) Trial 2016 TENT2016
Scientific title: The Effectiveness of 4-session Narrative Exposure Therapy and 2-session Group Control-focused Behavioural Treatment on PTSD in Nepal Earthquake Survivors After 12 Months: Study Protocol for the Randomised Waiting-list Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: March 2016
Target sample size: 240
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02598024
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Nepal
Contacts
Name:     Suraj Shakya, MA
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Telephone: +977 1 4281529
Email: surajshakya2002@yahoo.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Arun K Jha, FRCPsych
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Affiliation:  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Name:     Sabitri Sthapit, PhD
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Affiliation:  Nepalese Psychological Society
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 and over

- Must have a diagnosis of PTSD according to DSM-5 criteria with a
Clinically-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5); during the screening, participants will
be asked to report on traumatic events that fulfil DSM-5 criterion 'A'.

- The PTSD symptoms must be a result of the Nepal earthquake in April 2015

Exclusion Criteria:

- High suicidality (Yes to the question "Have you recently had thoughts of ending your
life and made any plans to this effect?)

- People with severe degree of prolonged grief (Grief Score of 25 or more on the Grief
Assessment Scale, adapted from Prigerson et al., 1999)

- Severe intellectual impairment, being unable to communicate and dependent on others
for daily living (i.e. suffering from severe Learning disability)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Control Focused Behavioural Treatment
Behavioral: Narrative Exposure Therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from Baseline Symptom severity of PTSD as measured by PCL-5 [Time Frame: Pre-treatment (T0), 2-week post-treatment (T1) and at three-month follow-up (T2)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2) [Time Frame: Pre-treatment (T0), 2-week post-treatment (T1) and at three-month follow-up (T2)]
Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25) [Time Frame: Pre-treatment (T0), 2-week post-treatment (T1) and at three-month follow-up (T2)]
Secondary ID(s)
NPA/2/2015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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