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Effects of an Alternative Treatment for Military Sexual Trauma on PTSD Symptoms, Neurosteroids and Brain Function

NCT00374738 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2016-05-12

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Summary

Our specific aims are:

1. To examine the efficacy of GIFT in improving MST-related clinical outcomes in women veterans
2. To examine the effects of GIFT on fronto-limbic brain function and
3. To examine the effects of GIFT on levels of neuroactive steroid associated with PTSD.

Conditions

  • Stress Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided Imagery for Trauma (GIFT)

Guided Imagery for Trauma (GIFT) - music and voice narration over a 12-week intervention. The control intervention included a relaxing music audio (the same music used in the guided imagery audio but without the narrative voiceover), PDA to log audio use, orientation and weekly phone consults, but did not have access to the patient advocate or to the guided imagery instructions provided on the GIFT audio.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Duke University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Durham VA Medical Center

    collaborator FED

  • Samueli Institute for Information Biology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer L. Strauss, PhD · Duke University Medical Center & Durham VA Medical Center

  • Christine Marx, MD, MA · Duke University Medical Center & Durham VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-11-30
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • United States

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