Trial of Art Therapy During Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD

NCT ID: NCT02610049

Last Updated: 2017-08-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 31 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2017-02-13

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, controlled trial of adjunctive art therapy during cognitive processing therapy for PTSD.

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to examine the effects of art therapy with combat veterans who have PTSD and to measure if it reduces symptoms more than verbal Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) alone. This study will incorporate art processes and materials into an already established protocol of CPT in order to create a sense of safety for veterans in beginning therapy, and access the nonverbal parts of the trauma in order to process it. Art-making will be used to help veterans address trauma and integrate who they were before the trauma with who they are currently. It will assist in addressing the grief and loss caused by combat, and will be used as veterans begin building a worldview and self-concept that are not filled with trauma and war. It is hypothesized that the veterans who receive art therapy with CPT will show a significantly greater decrease in PTSD symptoms than those who receive only CPT.

Conditions

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Control

Subjects will receive 8 sessions of Cognitive Processing Therapy.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive Processing therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

8 sessions of standard CPT from CPT manual developed by Dr. S Resick, Monson \& Chard (11/2010)

Experimental

Subjects will receive 8 sessions of CPT + Art Therapy 8 sessions of individual therapy.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Art + CPT

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

8 sessions of individual therapy of mixes techniques Art + CPT 8 sessions of standard CPT (same 8 as in control group) from manual developed by Dr.s Resick, Monson \& Chard (11/2010)

Experimental 2

Subject to receive 8 sessions of individual therapy for Art + CPT Cognitive Processing Therapy intervention pre-specified to be administered separately.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

CPT + Art Therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Subjects to complete 8 sessions of standard Cognitive Processing Therapy from manual developed by Dr. S. Resick, Monson \& Chard (1/2010) CPT + Art Therapy of mixed individual techniques

Interventions

Cognitive Processing therapy

8 sessions of standard CPT from CPT manual developed by Dr. S Resick, Monson \& Chard (11/2010)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Art + CPT

8 sessions of individual therapy of mixes techniques Art + CPT 8 sessions of standard CPT (same 8 as in control group) from manual developed by Dr.s Resick, Monson \& Chard (11/2010)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

CPT + Art Therapy

Subjects to complete 8 sessions of standard Cognitive Processing Therapy from manual developed by Dr. S. Resick, Monson \& Chard (1/2010) CPT + Art Therapy of mixed individual techniques

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

CPT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• PCL-M initial score >= 50;
• Both genders,
• All ethnicities,
• Veterans in treatment for PTSD,

Exclusion Criteria

• No active substance use disorder,
• No active suicidal or homicidal ideation,
• No psychosis

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hampton VA Medical Center

FED

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Barbara Cross, Ph.D., FNP

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

IRB Chair

Locations

Hampton VA Medical Center

Hampton, Virginia, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

13-04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id