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23 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Trials near Houston, TX
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Houston, Texas
The principal investigator for this study plans to build upon the psilocybin-assisted therapy intervention used in prior completed trials to conduct an open-label trial of two psilocybin administration sessions combined with psychotherapy to investigate the safety, tolerability, and clinical efficacy of psilocybin-assisted therapy for the treatment of PTSD in US Veterans.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:21 - 64
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Cardiovascular, Others
Must Be Taking:Ssris
15 Participants Needed
Lofexidine + Buprenorphine for PTSD
Houston, Texas
The overall objective of the proposed study is to determine if lofexidine (LFX) as an adjunct to buprenorphine (BUP) treatment improves symptoms of both opioid use disorder (OUD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Other study objectives are to compare the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of BUP treatment alone, to BUP treatment with adjunct LFX, on measures of OUD and PTSD symptoms in Veterans with both prognosis .
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Substance Use Disorders, Methadone Use, Others
Must Be Taking:Buprenorphine
120 Participants Needed
PT150 for PTSD
Houston, Texas
The purpose of this study is to test the drug PT150, which blocks glucocorticoid receptor (GR) signaling, for treatment of PTSD in Veterans, and establish a safety and efficacy profile that will inform the design of future studies.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 65
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Substance Use, Neurodegenerative, Bipolar, Others
Must Be Taking:SSRI/SNRI
120 Participants Needed
Brain Stimulation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Houston, Texas
This study will take a basic neuroscience approach to investigate pathological mechanisms underlying PTSD. Additionally, the study aims to identify how Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) brain stimulation can modulate and correct neural networks and related emotions of anxious arousal and hypervigilance, with the goal of assessing tACS brain stimulation technology as a novel intervention for symptoms of anxiety.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 50
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Major Medical Illness, Neurological Disorder, Severe Psychiatric Instability, Alcohol Use, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Psychoactive, Calcium Channel, Alpha-blockers
160 Participants Needed
Therapy Methods for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Houston, Texas
Investigators' overall objective is to compare methods of identifying individuals who may be experiencing challenges in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and compare methods of intervening to optimize treatment retention and outcomes. Investigators' specific aims are:
1. to determine whether the use of CPT skills versus collaboratively considering switching to Present Centered Therapy (PCT) is more effective in improving outcomes for individuals experiencing challenges with CPT. Outcomes include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity \[primary\], depression, functioning, and treatment retention;
2. to compare two approaches to identifying individuals in CPT in need of additional support during treatment;
3. to study the barriers and facilitators of implementing these intervention strategies.
Finally, exploratory aims will examine the stability of differences between treatment conditions, compare combinations of interventions tested, and examine moderators of intervention effects.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Severe Cognitive Impairment, Suicidal Intent, Psychotic Symptoms, Others
280 Participants Needed
PTSD Therapy for Healthcare Workers' Stress
Houston, Texas
This trial tests a talk therapy called Prolonged Exposure for Primary Care (PE-PC) to help First Responders and Healthcare workers with PTSD. The therapy involves discussing traumatic experiences to reduce symptoms. The goal is to see if this method is more effective than usual treatments provided by Employee Assistance Programs. Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy has been extensively researched and is widely regarded as an effective treatment for PTSD across various populations and trauma types.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Severe Cognitive Impairment, High Suicide Risk, Need Detox, Active Psychosis, Unmanaged Bipolar, Others
410 Participants Needed
TMS for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Houston, Texas
This trial uses TMS, a procedure that stimulates brain cells with magnetic fields, to help PTSD patients who struggle with reducing fear responses. The goal is to see if TMS can change brain activity to better manage fear. TMS has been primarily studied for major depression but is increasingly being explored for PTSD treatment.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Seizure, Head Trauma, Substance Use, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Neuroleptics, Antipsychotics, Stimulants, Others
250 Participants Needed
Fear Conditioning Interventions for PTSD
Houston, Texas
The purpose of this research study is to study how the brain learns to avoid certain stimuli or situations using an experimental paradigm. The big goal is to measure brain responses and subject's feelings and expectations when they are learning to actively avoid experimental stimuli, and how fear extinction learning and monetary cost can change how and when subjects are to avoid.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Neurologic Disease, Suicidal Ideation, Seizure, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Neuroleptics
300 Participants Needed
Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD
Houston, Texas
Recent estimates suggest that over 610,000 US Veterans treated by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) suffer from PTSD, a disorder that can be chronic and debilitating. The heterogeneity of the 20 symptoms of PTSD; comorbidity with disorders such as depression, panic, and substance use; high rates of lingering effects of physical injury; and suicidality all contribute to complex clinical presentations and can exact a significant toll on functioning, quality of life, and well-being even decades after exposure to the traumatic event. Perhaps spurred by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, psychosocial rehabilitation has shifted from the periphery in mental health recovery models to a more primary focus in clinical settings, including recommendations for use of psychosocial rehabilitation techniques in trauma-focused mental health care. Support for the efficacy of psychosocial rehabilitation techniques in PTSD recovery programs has burgeoned in recent years and data supporting psychological treatments for PTSD has increased exponentially, yet the two approaches to recovery have largely remained independent.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), the evidence-based psychotherapy (EBP) for PTSD most frequently delivered within VHA, yields large magnitude reductions in primary PTSD outcomes. Corresponding gains in occupational, social, leisure, and sexual functioning, and in health-related concerns have also been demonstrated. Despite CPT's effectiveness, there is room for improvement in overall outcomes and patient engagement. Further, improvements in functioning and quality of life are more modest than those observed in PTSD and associated mental health symptoms. Prior work suggests that unaddressed difficulties in functioning contribute to premature dropout from EBPs for PTSD among Veterans. Directly targeting impairments associated with psychosocial functioning has the potential to substantially increase the scope of recovery beyond the core symptoms of PTSD and facilitate greater patient engagement, resulting in more Veterans benefitting from CPT. Modifying the CPT protocol to personalize the intervention for the individual patient has resulted in better overall response rates for a wider variety of patient populations suffering from complicated clinical presentations.
Case formulation (CF) is a well-established approach to cognitive-behavioral treatment that facilitates a collaborative process between providers and patients to guide the tailoring of treatment to meet idiosyncratic patient needs. Integrating CF strategies into the existing CPT protocol will enable providers to personalize CPT to directly address impairment in functioning as well as provide the latitude to directly intervene with the complex challenges that threaten optimal outcomes within the context of trauma-focused therapy. CF-integrated CPT (CF-CPT) expands and enhances the CPT protocol to facilitate a personalized and flexible approach to treating PTSD that prioritizes the administration of the full dose of CPT while expanding the protocol to directly target important domains of functioning and result in more holistic outcomes.
This controlled treatment outcome trial will randomize a national sample of CPT providers (Veteran n = 200; provider n = 50) to either deliver CF-CPT or CPT to compare the relative effectiveness of CF-CPT to CPT in improving primary outcomes, including Veterans' psychosocial functioning, quality of life and well-being over the course of treatment and 3-month follow-up as compared to Veterans who receive standard CPT. Further, Veterans who receive CF-CPT will demonstrate greater reductions in PTSD and depression over the course of treatment and 3-month follow-up than those who receive CPT.
This study also seeks to determine the effectiveness of CF-CPT as compared to CPT in improving Veterans' treatment engagement (CF-CPT will demonstrate higher rates of Veteran treatment completion than CPT).
This study will valuate CF-CPT's indirect impact on Veterans' psychosocial functioning and PTSD/depression symptomology Change in functioning, quality of life, and well-being \& PTSD and depression will be associated with improvement in the idiosyncratic clinical challenges targeted by the CF.
This study will also examine between-group differences across secondary outcomes (e.g. anger, anxiety, health concerns, sleep, numbing/reactivity) and describe the frequency and type of the clinical and rehabilitative needs of the Veterans and the type and duration of divergences (e.g. rehabilitative techniques) made by providers.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Suicidal Ideation, Homicidality, Mania, Psychosis, Serious Substance Abuse, Others
179 Participants Needed
This study will determine (i) the magnitude of immediate and sustained effects of a current clinical standard interactive computer attention processing training (APT) when combined with intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), a type of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and (ii) determine how APT + iTBS changes the neurocognitive system of attention in individuals with persistent attention deficits related to mTBI +/- PTSD.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Epilepsy, Psychotic Disorders, Heart Disease, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Antipsychotics, Trazodone, Tramadol, Others
200 Participants Needed
Brain Stimulation for PTSD
Houston, Texas
This study will take a basic neuroscience approach to investigate pathological mechanisms underlying PTSD. Additionally, the study aims to identify how Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) brain stimulation can modulate and correct neural networks and related emotions of anxious arousal and hypervigilance, with the goal of assessing tACS brain stimulation technology as a novel intervention for symptoms of anxiety.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 50
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Major Medical Illness, Neurological Disorder, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Psychoactive Medications, Calcium Channel Blockers
160 Participants Needed
Intensive CBT for PTSD
Houston, Texas
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two different intensive formats of delivering cognitive-behavioral treatment for people with PTSD and anxiety disorders. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Is iTCBT delivered in individual and group formats more effective than TAU in improving anxiety symptoms and quality of life?
* For treatment non-responders, is iTCBT-Enhanced more effective than TAU improving anxiety symptoms and quality of life?
* Does iTCBT-Individual produce a larger improvement in anxiety and quality of life compared with iTCBT-Group?
Participants will undergo several assessments throughout the course of the study. Based on randomization, they will receive: (1) iTCBT in an individual format over a 2-week period, (2) iTCBT in a group format over a 2-day period, or (3) usual care. Those who do not show a response to treatment will receive 4 additional individual therapy sessions.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Mania, Psychosis, Suicidal Ideation, Others
Must Be Taking:Psychotropic
306 Participants Needed
This trial will test a therapy called ERP, which helps people face their fears and stop doing habits that make them feel temporarily better but keep the problem going. It will focus on Veterans with OCD, including those who also have PTSD. The goal is to see if this therapy improves their daily functioning and quality of life.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Cognitive Impairment, Psychosis, Mania, Others
160 Participants Needed
CBT for Anxiety and Substance Use in Veterans
Houston, Texas
Individual with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder often use alcohol in ways that could cause them harm. Treating both mental health concerns and alcohol use at the same time can help reduce difficulties engaging in multiple treatments. The investigators are evaluating how a cognitive behavioral therapy program that helps Veterans with anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and alcohol use at the same time can help improve the participants lives.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:High-risk Suicidality, Psychotic Symptoms, Others
40 Participants Needed
Present Centered Psychotherapy for PTSD
Houston, Texas
PTSD is one of the most prevalent mental health conditions affecting Veterans who have served since 9/11. Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report difficulty controlling impulsive aggression (IA). An inability to manage one's emotions (emotion dysregulation) is an underlying mechanism of IA. Reducing IA and increasing use of PTSD evidence-based psychotherapies are two critical missions for the Veterans Health Administration. The proposed research supports these missions by comparing a 3- session emotion regulation treatment (Manage Emotions to Reduce Aggression) to a control group in order to determine if MERA can reduce IA and prepare Veterans for PTSD treatment. By enhancing Veterans' abilities to cope with trauma-related emotions and feel equipped to initiate PTSD treatments, this research aims to help Veterans decrease IA and ultimately recover from PTSD.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 64
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Suicidal, Homicidal, Bipolar, Psychotic, Others
204 Participants Needed
Behavioral Health Intervention for Pediatric Injury
Houston, Texas
Pediatric traumatic injury (PTI) is a public health priority, with more than 125,000 children experiencing injuries that require hospitalization each year. These children, and their caregivers, are affected in many ways that may affect quality of life, emotional and behavioral health, physical recovery, family roles and routines, and academic functioning; yet US trauma centers do not adequately address these outcomes and a scalable national model of care for these families is needed. This proposal builds on prior research from the investigative team to test a technology-assisted, stepped care behavioral health intervention for children (\<12 years) and their caregivers after PTI, CAARE (Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies), via a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation trial with 348 families randomly assigned to CAARE (n=174) vs. guideline-adherent enhanced usual care (EUC) (n=174).
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-English, Cognitive Challenges, Self-afflicted, Others
348 Participants Needed
Virtual Therapy for PTSD
Houston, Texas
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility and utility of SIT delivered asynchronously (self-paced) via fully virtual platform with and without the aid of a mobile health application and to determine initial change over baseline in terms of reduction in PTSD symptoms and improvement in resiliency in participants receiving the virtual SIT prototype, using Linear Mixed Models (LMMs),
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Suicidal Ideation, Psychotic Disorder, Bipolar, Severe Substance Abuse, Others
20 Participants Needed
Interventions for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Houston, Texas
The MIRROR study will compare the effectiveness of two interventions in improving emotion regulation and reducing PTSD symptoms in female Veterans with military sexual trauma (MST) and/or intimate partner violence (IPV) and co-occurring brain injury.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:High Suicide Risk, Active Psychosis, Problematic Substance Use
136 Participants Needed
Pimavanserin for PTSD-Related Insomnia
Houston, Texas
This is a preliminary randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing pimavanserin 34mg at bedtime vs. placebo for the treatment of insomnia associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Prior Safety Data
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 64
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Psychotic Disorders, Substance Use, Sleep Apnea, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Hypnotics, Antipsychotics, CYP3A4 Inhibitors, Others
60 Participants Needed
Suvorexant for Insomnia
Houston, Texas
This study is to determine if suvorexant (SUV) will reduce insomnia in 76 men and women veteran and non-veterans between the ages 21-65 with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and alcohol use disorder (AUD). All participants will have a 7-day placebo run-in period, followed by a random assignment to receive placebo or suvorexant for an additonal 14 days. Post-randomization, participants will attempt to stop drinking for two weeks and will complete daily virtual diaries and study outcome assessments via in-person clinic visits on days 7 and 14.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:21 - 65
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Substance Use Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Others
Must Not Be Taking:CYP3A Modulators
76 Participants Needed
Why Other Patients Applied
"I've tried several different SSRIs over the past 23 years with no luck. Some of these new treatments seem interesting... haven't tried anything like them before. I really hope that one could work."
ZS
Depression PatientAge: 51
"I have dealt with voice and vocal fold issues related to paralysis for over 12 years. This problem has negatively impacted virtually every facet of my life. I am an otherwise healthy 48 year old married father of 3 living. My youngest daughter is 12 and has never heard my real voice. I am now having breathing issues related to the paralysis as well as trouble swallowing some liquids. In my research I have seen some recent trials focused on helping people like me."
AG
Paralysis PatientAge: 50
"I've been struggling with ADHD and anxiety since I was 9 years old. I'm currently 30. I really don't like how numb the medications make me feel. And especially now, that I've lost my grandma and my aunt 8 days apart, my anxiety has been even worse. So I'm trying to find something new."
FF
ADHD PatientAge: 31
"My orthopedist recommended a half replacement of my right knee. I have had both hips replaced. Currently have arthritis in knee, shoulder, and thumb. I want to avoid surgery, and I'm open-minded about trying a trial before using surgery as a last resort."
HZ
Arthritis PatientAge: 78
"I changed my diet in 2020 and I’ve lost 95 pounds from my highest weight (283). I am 5’3”, female, and now 188. I still have a 33 BMI. I've been doing research on alternative approaches to continue my progress, which brought me here to consider clinical trials."
WR
Obesity PatientAge: 58
Innovative Therapies for Moral Injury
Houston, Texas
Moral Injury Syndrome (MIS) affects up to 35-60% of Veterans managing combat-related PTSD; it results from experiences that challenge deeply held values or spiritual beliefs. Symptoms of MIS may include hopelessness, helplessness, loss of spiritual beliefs, difficulty with forgiveness, loss of meaning or purpose, reduced trust in self or others, or intractable guilt, shame or anger.
Veterans managing MIS have difficulty responding to mental health treatment, and are at increased risk for suicide ideation or attempts. To date evidence-based interventions for MIS are not widely available in VA. This study will implement an evidence-based intervention for MIS in four VA facilities, collect data on the effectiveness of the intervention, and develop an implementation toolkit. This data will inform national dissemination in collaboration with the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and the National Chaplain Service.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Active Psychosis, Substance Use, Severe Psychopathology, Others
200 Participants Needed
Music Therapy for Premature Birth
Houston, Texas
To evaluate the effects of music therapy in the care of antepartum mothers admitted for long-term hospitalization due to the high-risk status of their pregnancy. The investigators speculate that mothers who receive music therapy will be more successful in forming positive coping habits, bonding with their infant, and increasing the length of incubation during their pregnancy.
Furthermore, there is no research that correlates music therapy applied to stress reduction, increased coping, and increased caregiver-infant bonding prior to birth within one protocol. However, there is a significant amount of research supporting music therapy efficacy with neonatal intensive care unit infants and caregiver bonding post-partum as well as improved physiological signs of stress in infants in the post-partum period.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 64
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-singleton Pregnancy, Severe Complications, Others
60 Participants Needed
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for TBI
Houston, Texas
This clinical trial aims to evaluate whether transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), a non-invasive brain stimulation method, can improve attention and memory in veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and depression and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study seeks to answer two main questions:
1. Can active taVNS improve attention and memory compared to sham (placebo) stimulation?
2. Does taVNS affect heart rate variability (HRV)?
taVNS delivers a gentle electrical current to the vagus nerve through electrodes placed on the ear, targeting brain areas involved in attention and memory without requiring surgery.
This study uses a crossover design, meaning all participants will experience two sessions: one with active taVNS and one with sham stimulation. The sham session feels similar but does not deliver actual stimulation, allowing researchers to compare the two and understand taVNS's effects on the brain.
In a single visit, participants will:
* Complete eligibility screening (questionnaires and vital signs).
* Undergo two sessions (one active and one sham), randomly assigned.
* Perform attention tasks before and after each session.
* Have their heart rate monitored during the sessions.
The findings will help determine whether taVNS could be an effective treatment for improving attention and memory in veterans with TBI.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:25 - 64
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Neurological, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Others
30 Participants Needed
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