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The goal of PROSPER-B is to study effectiveness of EMDR compared to integrated DBT-EMDR in treatment-seeking, adult patients with comorbid PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).


Clinical Trial Description

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly comorbid with personality disorders (PD), mainly borderline (BPD) and cluster C personality disorders (CPD). It is not clear yet what treatment is most effective for those who suffer both PTSD and PD. There is growing preference in clinicians for evidence-based PTSD treatments, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) or Imagination and Rescripting (ImRs), because these treatments are relative short, and there is some evidence that comorbid PD symptoms might resolve as well. However, at least 30-44% PTSD patients do not sufficiently respond to PTSD treatments or are excluded because of suicidality or self-harm. PD treatments are more intensive than PTSD treatments, e.g. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Schema-Focused Therapy (SFT) . There is some evidence that integrated PTSD-PD treatment is twice as effective than PD treatment alone, but integrated PTSD-PD treatment is not yet directly compared to PTSD treatment alone. This study will address this knowledge gap, including secondary outcome measures on functioning, quality of life and cost-effectiveness.

For patients with comorbid PTSD and BPD, EMDR-only will be compared to integrated EMDR-DGT (PROSPER-B).

Psychological (cognitive, affective, and relational) and neurobiological candidate predictors and mediators of treatment outcome will be investigated through a machine-learning paradigm, in order to develop a clinically useful and individual prediction instrument of treatment outcome. Example predictors and mediators are educational level , working memory, hyper- and hypo-arousal , therapeutic alliance and social support, resting state fMRI, an emotional face task fMRI , cortisol levels from hair samples and (epi)genetic markers. For the neurobiological prediction, a subgroup of patients will undergo MRI scans, as will healthy controls as control subjects. ;


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NCT number NCT03833453
Study type Interventional
Source Arkin
Contact Aishah Snoek, MSc
Phone 0031-20-5457200
Email aishah.snoek@sinaicentrum.nl
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 1, 2018
Completion date April 2, 2023

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