Optimizing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment: Prolonged Exposure (PE) Versus PE Plus Sertraline
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Official title
Optimizing PTSD Treatment: PE Versus PE Plus Sertraline
Brief summary
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The specific aims of this study are: 1. To compare the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral therapy (prolonged exposure, PE) to that of PE and medication (sertraline). 2. To compare the durability of PE gains to that of PE and sertraline at 3, 6, and 9 months post-treatment. 3. To compare those who have chosen their treatment to those who have not in terms of completion of treatment, treatment satisfaction, and short- and long-term effectiveness of the treatment. 4. To examine cost effectiveness of treatment delivery to trauma survivors with PTSD.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01600456
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 150 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2011
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2016
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2016
- Last update posted
- Aug 2, 2021
2011 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological Sciences Department Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | Ohio | 44106 | — |
| Psychology Department of University of Washington | Seattle | Washington | 98195 | — |
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- Last update posted Aug 2, 2021 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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