RRT for PTSD Symptoms in Survivors of Sexual Violence

NCT04073004 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 19-1453
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Study to provide evidence of efficacy for Rapid Resolution Therapy in symptoms of PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression in survivors of sexual violence.

Conditions

PTSD; Rape Sexual Assault

Keywords

PTSD; Psychotherapy; Rape

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Change in The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5: Weathers et al, 2015)

  The CAPS-5 is a 30-item structured interview that can be used to make current (past month) diagnosis of PTSD, make lifetime diagnosis of PTSD and assess PTSD symptoms over the past week In addition to assessing the 20 Diagnostic and Statistics Manual- 5th Edition (DSM-5) PTSD symptoms, questions target the onset and duration of symptoms, subjective distress, impact of symptoms on social and occupational functioning, improvement in symptoms since a previous CAPS administration, overall response validity, overall PTSD severity, and specifications for the dissociative subtype (depersonalization and derealization). The scale measures 1) severity of PTSD symptoms 2) severity of PTSD clusters and 3) PTSD Diagnostic status.

  pre-intervention (one month version), one week post intervention (past week version) , 6 months post intervention (one month version)

• Change in PTSD Symptom Scale Self-Report- Civilian Version (PSS-SR: Foa et al, 1993)

  A 17 item self-report measure that corresponds to the 17 DSM-IV PTSD symptoms. Items are rated 0 (not present) to 3 (very much). Responses create three subscales, including re-experiencing, avoidance, and arousal, as well as a total score that ranges from 0 to 51. Score above 13 indicate a presence of PTSD. we expect to see scores decrease post-treatment and to stay lower than baseline at 6 month follow up.

  screening, one week post-treatment, 6 month follow up

• Change in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI): beck et al, 1988)

  The BDI is a 21 item self-report questionnaire widely used in research on depression to evaluate cognitive and vegetative symptoms of depression. The inventory includes 21 items rated from 0 to 3, with 0 being absence of symptoms and 3 being extreme symptoms. A score between 1 and 16 indicates a low level of mood disturbance, 17-30 indicates Moderate depression, and 31 and up indicates severe or extreme depression. We are looking for a decrease in scores with treatment, and lower than baseline score at 6 month follow up.

  pre-intervention, one week post intervention, 6 month follow up

• Change in The State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI: Spielberger et al, 1970)

  STAI is a 40-item self-report measure with two scales designed to assess state anxiety and trait anxiety. Items are score on a 4-point Likert scale, with 4 being most severe. 20 items measure state anxiety and 20 measure state anxiety. Scores on each scale range from 20-80, with lower scores indicating more mild anxiety and higher scores indicating clinical anxiety. We are looking for scores to go down with treatment and remain lower than baseline at 6 month follow up.

  Pre-intervention, one week follow up, 6 month follow up

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Session Rating Scale (Miller et al 2002)

  one week post intervention

• Outcome Rating Scale (ORS: Miller and Duncan, 2000)

  One week post intervention

Study Arms (1)

Rapid Resolution Therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

RRT is a talk therapy that uses Neurolinguistic Programming Language and trance states to cause a shift in how the mind is processing incoming data. The understanding is that the part of the mind that is causing the disturbing emotion, thought or sensation is causing them to cause the person to take an action to ensure the organisms survival. RRT therapists employ psycho-therapeutic techniques taht are designed to cause the mind to process information differently so that the disturbing content and distorted meaning shift.

Behavioral: Rapid Resolution Therapy

Interventions

Rapid Resolution Therapy BEHAVIORAL

psychotherapy that includes trance states

Rapid Resolution Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years old
• self report experiencing a rape any time before 3 months prior to treatment
• on PCL-C (Positive for PTSD)
• score 3-5 on at least one item 1-5
• score 3-5 on at least 3 items 6-12
• score 3-5 on at least 2 items 13-17

You may not qualify if:

• history of schizophrenia or psychosis current
• suicidal risk
• in an ongoing threatening situation (i.e. domestic violence)
• participants who are pregnant or become pregnant during the study (if someone becomes pregnant during the study, we will complete treatment if she desires, but will not include data)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Colorado, Denver: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Colorado at Denver counseling center

Denver, Colorado, 80210, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Rothbaum BO, Astin MC, Marsteller F. Prolonged Exposure versus Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for PTSD rape victims. J Trauma Stress. 2005 Dec;18(6):607-16. doi: 10.1002/jts.20069.

  PMID: 16382428 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• cite describing RRT and link to members
• site describing PCL-C and updated version
• Site describing CAPS-5
• Pearson Assessments site describing psychometric properties of the BDI-II
• Journal report from Journal of Brief Therapy for reliability and validity of the ORS
• Publisher's description and psychometric properties of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Heather Aberle, MA

  University of Colorado, Denver

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: all participants will receive the same treatment. The investigators will compare their results to data reported by Rothbaum et al (2005) which includes 2 treatment groups and a control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 19, 2019
• First Posted: August 28, 2019
• Study Start: November 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2023
• Study Completion: June 30, 2023
• Last Updated: April 2, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)