Prevention of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder by Telephone Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 10 December 2012
• Main ID: NCT00889005
• Date of registration: 26/04/2009
• Primary sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization
• Public title: Prevention of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder by Telephone Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Scientific title: Prevention of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder by Telephone Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Date of first enrolment: May 2009
• Target sample size: 200
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00889005
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Countries of recruitment

Israel

Contacts

• Name: Arieh Y Shalev, M.D.
• Affiliation: Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adults

- Exposure to psychologically traumatic events

- Diagnosis of Acute Stress Disorder or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

- Up to four weeks after trauma exposure

Exclusion Criteria:

- Chronic PTSD

- Past and present psychosis, bipolar disorder, opiate or stimulants use

- Medical or surgical condition that interfere with subjects ability to participate in
the study or sign an informed consent

- Lack of fluency in the study's main language (Hebrew)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Stress Disorder - Post-traumatic (Acute)

Intervention(s)

Other: Telephone Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Primary Outcome(s)

Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) three and eight months from the traumatic event [Time Frame: Up to ten months]

Secondary ID(s)

Shalev_Phone_2009

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors