Comparing Imaginal Exposure and Imagery Rescripting in Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Comparing Imaginal Exposure (IE) and Imagery Rescripting and Reprocessing Therapy (IRRT) in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The outcome of trauma treatment (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD) may be influenced by which emotions that are predominant among current symptoms, e.g. fear, anger, guilt, shame. Different treatment procedures for processing traumatic memories may resolve different emotions. This study compares two different treatment procedures of working with trauma memories in PTSD treatment (namely, Imaginal Exposure and Imagery Rescripting) in order to test this.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Nov 2008
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 30, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 1, 2012
CompletedJune 5, 2013
June 1, 2013
4 years
April 30, 2009
June 4, 2013
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
PTSD symptoms
pretreatment, weekly during treatment, posttreatment, followup
Secondary Outcomes (1)
General psychiatric symptoms
pretreatment, weekly during treatment, postttreatment, followup
Study Arms (2)
Imaginal exposure
ACTIVE COMPARATORImagery rescripting
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
7 individual sessions of imaginal exposure of trauma memories according to the prolonged exposure treatment manual
7 individual sessions of imagery rescripting of trauma memories according to the imagery rescripting and reprocessing therapy manual
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD identified as primary diagnosis
- Accepts withdrawal of all psychotropic medication
You may not qualify if:
- Extensive dissociative symptoms or current psychosis,
- Current suicidal risk,
- Extensive current substance or alcohol abuse, or
- Ongoing trauma
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Modum Badlead
- University of Oslocollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Modum Bad
Vikersund, Buskerud, 3370, Norway
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Asle Hoffart, PhD
Modum Bad and University of Oslo
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- phd
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 30, 2009
First Posted
May 1, 2009
Study Start
November 1, 2008
Primary Completion
November 1, 2012
Study Completion
November 1, 2012
Last Updated
June 5, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-06