UCLA Couples Counseling for Combat Veterans

PTSD Clinical Trial

— CCCV  

Official title:

UCLA Welcome Back Veterans Family Resilience Center Couples Counseling for Combat Veterans

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01627548
• Other study ID #: 11-003109
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: November 2013

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: University of California, Los Angeles
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A pilot intervention of an existing intervention adapted for the returning warfighter population: a couples treatment for PTSD, Structured Approach Therapy (SAT), which emphasizes reducing the PTSD avoidance/numbing symptoms that are corrosive in families.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: November 2013
• Est. primary completion date: November 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• OIF/OEF/ OND veteran with at least one deployment

• In a cohabitating relationship for 6 months or longer

• Cohabitating 50% of the time or more

• Diagnosed with PTSD or meets the diagnosis criteria for PTSD as related to deployment experience (CAPS)

• Ability to make weekly appointments

• Willingness to commit to change

Exclusion Criteria:

• Receiving an evidence-based treatment for PTSD within the past 6 months

• Receiving couples therapy within the last 6 months

• Moderate or excessive physical violence within the past 3 months (CTS)

• Alcohol/substance dependence (SCID)

• Known domestic violence/abuse (CTS)

• Symptoms of psychosis within the past 3 months

• Unstable psychiatric medicine usage or on regimen less than 3 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Couples Communication
• PTSD
• Recent Era Combat Veteran

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Structured Approach Therapy
The SAT treatment is provided in 12 weekly 50-minute sessions and is fully manualized. First, couple-based exposure techniques are used to address anxiety about intimacy, increasing the traumatized person's ability to engage in social and relational behaviors that promote bonding and satisfaction. Second, as anxiety decreases, couple-based techniques are also used to increase the positive experiences the couple is having. These activities expose the traumatized person to positive feelings instead of anxiety, so that he/she may become desensitized to the anxiety caused by the closeness, and more comfortable engaging in intimate behaviors.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UCLA Semel Institute	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Los Angeles	VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Improved couples communication as measured by standardized assessments		4-6 months