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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN48524925
Date of registration: 22/07/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: King's College London (UK)
Public title: Psychological treatments of post-traumatic stress disorder
Scientific title: A randomised controlled trial of weekly and intensive cognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder and supportive therapy
Date of first enrolment: 01/11/2003
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN48524925
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Anke    Ehlers
Address:  King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Department of Psychology, PO77 De Crespigny Park SE5 8AF London United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7848 5033
Email: a.ehlers@iop.kcl.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) diagnosis of PTSD following discrete traumatic events in adulthood
2. PTSD is main problem
3. 18 to 65 years old, either sex

Exclusion criteria: 1. Borderline personality disorder
2. Psychosis
3. Current substance dependence
4. Ongoing severe threat (e.g. still living with perpetrator)
5. Treatment cannot be conducted without the aid of an interpreter
6. Not willing to accept random allocation


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Stress disorders
Intervention(s)
Four conditions (N = 30 patients with PTSD each):
1. Weekly cognitive therapy for PTSD (12 weekly sessions and up to three monthly booster sessions)
2. Intensive cognitive therapy for PTSD, matched for therapist time
3. Supportive therapy, matched for therapist time
4. 14-week wait list

Second site is Oxford University, Department of Psychiatry.
Primary Outcome(s)
Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (independent assessments and self-report).
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Depression
2. Anxiety
3. Disability
4. Quality of life
Secondary ID(s)
069777
Source(s) of Monetary Support
The Wellcome Trust (UK) (grant ref: 069777)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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