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Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Waitlist Available
Led By Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Research Sponsored by Justice Resource Institute
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up initial assessment, week 1 of treatment, week 2 of treatment, week 5 of treatment, week 9 of treatment, week 10 of treatment, one week post-treatment, 2 month follow-up
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Study Summary

The central question in this research proposal is: can a popular technique that specifically targets active mastery and improved affect regulation, yoga, which is utilized by approximately 4% of the US population each year (1), improve the constellation of PTSD symptoms, multiple somatic complaints, social and occupational impairment and high health care utilization that has been documented in hundreds of thousands of women in the US? The Primary Aims of this study include the following: To test the short-term and long-term effectiveness of 10 weeks of yoga for treating treatment-resistant PTSD and compare it with attention controls receiving Women's Health Education (WHE). To assess the short-term and long-term effects of yoga on a) co-morbid conditions, b) quality of life, c) body awareness, d) health care utilization and e) heart rate variability (HRV), in comparison to an attention control group.

Eligible Conditions
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~initial assessment, week 1 of treatment, week 2 of treatment, week 5 of treatment, week 9 of treatment, week 10 of treatment, one week post-treatment, 2 month follow-up
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and initial assessment, week 1 of treatment, week 2 of treatment, week 5 of treatment, week 9 of treatment, week 10 of treatment, one week post-treatment, 2 month follow-up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS 1)
Secondary outcome measures
Heart Rate Variability

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: YogaExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
10 week trauma-sensitive yoga classes
Group II: Women's Health EducationActive Control1 Intervention
10 weeks of women's health education classes as an attentional control group
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Yoga
2008
Completed Phase 3
~3830

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Justice Resource InstituteLead Sponsor
4 Previous Clinical Trials
518 Total Patients Enrolled
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)NIH
831 Previous Clinical Trials
668,869 Total Patients Enrolled
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.Principal InvestigatorThe Trauma Center at JRI
1 Previous Clinical Trials
52 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Efficacy of Yoga for Treatment-Resistant Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
2008. "Efficacy of Yoga for Treatment-Resistant Posttraumatic Stress Disorder". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00839813.
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