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Evaluation of the PE Coach Mobile Application Among Veterans With PTSD

NCT04959695 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2026-01-15

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Summary

Thousands of mental health mobile applications (apps) are available but limited research has been conducted on their effectiveness. VA has been a leader in mental health mobile app development and must research whether these apps work, and if so, how? PE Coach is a well-designed treatment companion app to one of the most researched, efficacious psychotherapies for PTSD (prolonged exposure), a treatment that has been broadly disseminated throughout VA mental health clinics. Research suggests that VA therapists find the app helpful in supporting patients. Preliminary results suggest that Veteran patients prefer to receive therapy with PE Coach and Veterans complete more recovery-oriented homework when they do. This study will randomize 124 Veterans with PTSD to treatment with or without PE Coach. The project will evaluate the effect of the app on PTSD-related functioning, quality of life, and PTSD symptoms. The investigators will test whether the app improves functioning and symptoms, increases homework, and reduces drop out.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PE Coach

PE Coach is a treatment companion mobile application designed with features to support the tasks of prolonged exposure psychotherapy and the homework between sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Prolonged exposure without PE Coach

Standard PE treatment protocol without PE Coach

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

    collaborator FED

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Greg M. Reger, PhD · VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-29
Primary Completion
2027-06-30
Completion
2027-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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