Examining an Emergency Room Intervention for the Prevention of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Interrupting Traumatic Memories: An Emergency Room Intervention for the Prevention of PTSD

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01162044
• Other study ID #: ER-PTSD-HMO-CTIL
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 13, 2010
• Last updated: July 13, 2010
• Start date: November 2010
• Est. completion date: September 2011

Study information

• Verified date: July 2010
• Source: Hadassah Medical Organization
• Contact: Sara A Freedman, PhD
• Phone: 972544704636
• Email: sarafreedman[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Israeli Health Ministry Pharmaceutical Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

PTSD is a common and distressing possible outcome following exposure to a traumatic event. Recent studies show that memory processes may be central to the development of the disorder, and interrupting the consolidation of traumatic memories may prevent the disorder from developing. Specifically the use of a visual spatial task has been shown to reduce a key characteristic of PTSD, intrusions, in non-clinical populations. This study aims to administer a visual spatial task to recent trauma survivors in the Emergency Room, and compare PTSD and symptoms development in these patients as compared to a control group who did not carry out the task. The study hypothesizes that the task will result in less PTSD, lower levels of intrusions, dissociation and pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: September 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18-65,

• no loss of consciousness,

• ability to understand study procedures and give informed consent,

• Hebrew as first language,

• experienced a potentially traumatic event as defined in DSM (objective danger and subjective feeling of fear).

Exclusion Criteria:

• current or past psychiatric treatment,

• current or past PTSD.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Intervention

Other:
• Computer game
Playing with specially designed computer game while in emergency room

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Hadassah Medical Center	Jerusalem

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hadassah Medical Organization

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	PTSD symptoms	PTSD status and symptoms as measured by the PSS	6 months	No