Randomized Controlled Trial of Narrative Exposure Therapy Compared to Treatment as Usual for Traumatized Refugees

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT00218959
• Date of registration: 20/09/2005
• Primary sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Public title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Narrative Exposure Therapy Compared to Treatment as Usual for Traumatized Refugees
• Scientific title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Narrative Exposure Therapy Compared to Treatment as Usual for Traumatized Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Mid-Norway
• Date of first enrolment: September 2005
• Target sample size: 80
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00218959
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Countries of recruitment

Norway

Contacts

• Name: Gunnar Gotestam, Phd
• Affiliation: Psychiatric Intitute, NTNU

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

- Psychosis

- Substance abuse

- Serious suicidal ideations



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Narrative Exposure Therapy

Primary Outcome(s)

Clinician Administered PTSD Scale [Time Frame: before treatment, 1 month after, 6 months aft.]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Hamilton Depr. Scale [Time Frame: before treatment, 1 month after, 6 months after]

Secondary ID(s)

4.2005.1100

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Centre on violence, traumatic stress and suicide prevention, Mid-Norway

University of Konstanz

Vivo International