Clinical Effectiveness Trial of In-Home Cognitive Processing Therapy for Combat-Related PTSD

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

172 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-09-19

Study Completion Date

2019-11-06

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Cognitive Processing Therapy (cognitive only version; CPT-C) delivered using two different formats in the home setting for the treatment of combat-related PTSD as compared to conventional face-to-face CPT-C delivered in a mental health clinic. The study will include two different formats of in-home therapy: face-to-face in-home CPT-C and tele-behavioral health in-home CPT-C.

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Detailed Description

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The study will use a 3-arm equipoise-stratified randomization design (Lavori et al., 2001; Shalev et al., 2011) to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of CPT-C delivered in three formats: Face-to-Face In-Office (F2F-O), Face-to-Face In -Home (F2F-H), and Telebehavioral Health In -Home (TBH-H). The equipoise stratified design was specifically developed for clinical effectiveness trials involving multiple treatments that may not be appropriate for all research participants. The design will allow for complete randomization of those participants who are interested and eligible for all three treatment arms. It will also allow participants to opt out of one treatment arm if they are not interested or eligible for one of the arms. Without this provision a large proportion of the potential participants would be excluded from the study, seriously compromising external validity. Participants who elect to opt out of one arm will be randomized to one of the two remaining treatment arms. For example, the F2F-O treatment could be eliminated by those who are severely injured, home-bound, or seriously concerned about stigma, and they then would be randomized to receive one of the home-based CPT-C formats. The F2F-H treatment could be eliminated for participants who are uncomfortable with the idea of a mental health provider coming into their home. The telehealth arm could be opted out by veterans who are unable to use a computer, or cannot situate it in a private area.

The equipoise design will be used because a significant confound exists with the use of a completely randomized three-arm research design when all participants cannot be randomized to all arms. With a completely randomized design, participants must be willing to be randomized to all treatment arms or else they must be excluded. All participants willing to be randomized to all arms will occupy a universal donor stratum. The universal donor participants are randomized as in a completely randomized design, and they are able to participate in all statistical analyses. Participants that elect to opt out of one arm will enter a stratum comprising the remaining two arms, and they will be assigned at random to one of the two remaining arms. These participants may participate (along with those in the universal donor stratum) only in statistical analyses that compare arms to which they could have been randomized. By making a choice, each participant assigns himself or herself to a stratum, which consists of all the options that he or she finds equally acceptable. In this design, those who are unable to attend clinic will be randomized to one of the in-home arms. Those who are able to attend clinic will be given the option to reject any one of the three treatments. The randomization plan defines four strata (i.e., those who accept randomization to all three arms and those who reject one of the three treatments). Analyses will be done pairwise using only participants who accepted randomization to two or three treatments, and it will include stratum and the stratum-by-treatment interaction as design effects. Note that this design is the only way to include an in-clinic arm and a sample of participants who are unwilling or unable to be randomized to in-clinic treatment.

Specific Aims. The overall aim of the project is to conduct a 3-group randomized clinical trial to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of CPT-C delivered in three formats: (1) Face-to-Face In-Home CPT-C; (2) Face-to-Face In-Office CPT-C; and (3) Tele-Behavioral Health In-Home CPT-C.

Objective 1: Conduct a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of CPT-C delivered in three formats: (1) Face-to-Face In-Home CPT-C (F2F-H); (2) Face-to-Face In-Office CPT-C (F2F-O); and (3) Tele-Behavioral Health In-Home CPT-C (TBH-H) employing equipoise-stratified randomization.

Hypothesis 1: CPT-C delivered in F2F-H format will be more effective for the treatment of PTSD (symptom reduction below diagnostic threshold on the CAPS-5) than F2F-O \& TBH-H.

Hypothesis 2: CPT-C delivered in F2F-H format will result in greater improvement in secondary outcomes (depression, alcohol consumption, marital and family functioning) than F2F-O \& TBH-H.

Objective 2: Determine if standard F2F-O CPT-C can be enhanced and delivered to special populations (seriously injured, home-based rehab, rural living, severe avoidance) with in-home therapies.

Hypothesis 3: In-home therapies (F2F-H and TBH-H) will result in lower perceived stigma of seeking mental health care and higher treatment adherence (session attendance; out-of-session assignment completion; dose of therapy) compared to mental health clinic-based therapy.

Hypothesis 4: Participants who opt to participate in the in-home therapies (i.e., decline F2F-O) will have higher levels of treatment satisfaction than those in the F2F-O treatment arm.

Conditions

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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In-Home Therapy

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT-C) will be delivered to participants face to face in their homes by a certified therapist.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive Processing Therapy (cognitive only version; CPT-C)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CPT is a cognitive behavioral treatment for PTSD consisting of 12 one-hour sessions (Resick, Monson, \& Chard, 2008; Resick \& Schnicke, 1993). CPT is delivered in three phases: education, processing, and challenging. The manualized treatment focuses on challenging beliefs and assumptions related to the trauma, oneself, and the world.

In-Office Therapy

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT-C) will be delivered to participants face to face in a mental health clinic office setting by a certified therapist.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive Processing Therapy (cognitive only version; CPT-C)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CPT is a cognitive behavioral treatment for PTSD consisting of 12 one-hour sessions (Resick, Monson, \& Chard, 2008; Resick \& Schnicke, 1993). CPT is delivered in three phases: education, processing, and challenging. The manualized treatment focuses on challenging beliefs and assumptions related to the trauma, oneself, and the world.

Telebehavioral Health

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT-C) will be delivered to participants over the internet using video conferencing software by a certified therapist.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive Processing Therapy (cognitive only version; CPT-C)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CPT is a cognitive behavioral treatment for PTSD consisting of 12 one-hour sessions (Resick, Monson, \& Chard, 2008; Resick \& Schnicke, 1993). CPT is delivered in three phases: education, processing, and challenging. The manualized treatment focuses on challenging beliefs and assumptions related to the trauma, oneself, and the world.

Interventions

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Cognitive Processing Therapy (cognitive only version; CPT-C)

CPT is a cognitive behavioral treatment for PTSD consisting of 12 one-hour sessions (Resick, Monson, \& Chard, 2008; Resick \& Schnicke, 1993). CPT is delivered in three phases: education, processing, and challenging. The manualized treatment focuses on challenging beliefs and assumptions related to the trauma, oneself, and the world.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult male and female active duty military and Veterans, with any previous military deployment seeking treatment for PTSD
* Person has experienced a Criterion A event that is a specific combat-related event or high magnitude operational experience that occurred during a military deployment. The diagnosis of PTSD may be indexed to that event or to another Criterion A event.
* Diagnosis of PTSD determined by the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale - Interview - Version 5 (CAPS-5).
* Speak and read English.
* Participants taking psychotropic medications agree to work with their prescriber to remain on stable doses of any prescribed psychotropic medications for the duration of the intervention and through the first follow-up assessment as much as possible and as medically indicated.
* Patient must reside within a 45-mile radius of the UTHSCSA STRONG STAR offices in San Antonio.
* To participate in telemedicine study arm, participants must have access to a computer with a high definition display, high speed internet access, and USB port for installation of the HD telemedicine camera, OR be willing to use STRONG STAR equipment with necessary specifications for the duration of the telemedicine treatment phase.

* The computer must be located in a private location where the participant will be able to control access during treatment encounters (ensuring their privacy and confidentiality).
* The computer must be accessible enough to the participant to allow for the frequency and required number of encounters for the CPT intervention.
* The computer must have high speed internet access (e.g., cable modem, USB, T1/T2 connection).
* If a firewall is present on the participant's computer system, the participant needs to be able to arrange for access control to the system to allow the telepresence encounter to occur (i.e., they must either be able to open ports through the firewall or know someone who can arrange this for them).
* The computer must be equipped with speakers or a standard headphone jack to allow access to audio output from the encounter (i.e., to be able to hear the therapist talking to them).
* Telemedicine will be mediated by the Cisco C20 Quickset Telepresence System, an encrypted and could-based system. Because encounters are cloud-based, any participant can use the system if they have a computer and web-browser capable of processing most modern commercial internet services. Computer operating system will not matter.

Exclusion Criteria

* Current suicide or homicide risk meriting crisis intervention that is a higher priority than study participation.
* Endorsement of items pertaining to violence, arrest, probation, domestic abuse, or other issues that might suggest study staff would be at risk entering the home to deliver therapy as identified as part of the demographics.
* Alcohol and/or substance use that would prevent the participant from engaging in therapy.
* Active psychosis.
* Moderate to severe brain damage (as determined by the inability to comprehend the baseline screening questionnaires), as such individuals may be unable to fully benefit from the cognitive intervention.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No