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Sleep's Influence on the Treatment of Intrusive Emotional

NCT05678361 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2023-01-10

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Summary

Intrusive memories represent a debilitating core feature of PTSD, one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders following trauma. Exposure therapy is amongst the most successful treatments of PTSD that is recommended by most of the current national and international guidelines. The current study aims to test whether sleep as adjunct to written exposure sessions, a type of exposure- based treatment for PTSD, may boost the effectiveness of the therapy.

Conditions

  • Intrusive Memories
  • PTSD

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sleep/Nap

Participants sleep after a maximum of three sessions of exposure therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Birgit Kleim, PhD · Zurich

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-01
Primary Completion
2022-12-01
Completion
2022-12-01

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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