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COGENT COGNITIVE TRAINING for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Led By Jessica A Bomyea, PhD

Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up pre to post intervention

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will study the effects of a cognitive control training program on 80 Veterans with PTSD. The goal is to improve PTSD symptoms and cognitive deficits.

Eligible Conditions

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ pre to post intervention

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~pre to post intervention

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and pre to post intervention 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 - reexperiencing

Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System

Secondary outcome measures

Clinician Administered PTSD Scale diagnosis

Emotion Regulation fMRI task (baseline to week 8)

Reading Span fMRI task (baseline to week 8)

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: COGENTExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will be Veterans assigned to the active cognitive training (see below for details).

Group II: Non-TrainingPlacebo Group1 Intervention

Participants will be Veterans assigned to a non-training cognitive program matched for time and memory demands (see below for details).

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

COGENT COGNITIVE TRAINING

2018

N/A

~130

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor

1,609 Previous Clinical Trials

3,306,473 Total Patients Enrolled

Jessica A Bomyea, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorVA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

1 Previous Clinical Trials

176 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What are the eligibility requirements for participating in this research?

"This trial seeks to recruit a cohort of 100 study participants aged between 21 and 55, all whom experience moral injury and meet the DSM-5 criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In addition, these volunteers must be fluent in English, stay within the San Diego area throughout the duration of the experiment, and attend both assessment/treatment sessions."

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Could individuals below the age of 55 participate in this experiment?

"The study eligibility requirements indicate that the minimum age of participants must be 21, with an upper limit set at 55 years old."

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What is the participant pool size for this experiment?

"That is correct. Per the information provided by clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial was launched on June 13th 2018 and has been actively recruiting since February 24th 2022. The researchers are currently looking for 100 individuals to participate from a single site."

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Is this scientific investigation accepting new participants?

"Affirmative. Evidence on clinicaltrials.gov verifies that this research study, which was first published on June 13th 2018, is still welcoming participants. 100 individuals need to be enrolled from 1 respective medical centre."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Cognitive Training for PTSD

2018. "Cognitive Training for PTSD". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03316196.