Effectiveness of a Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment for Adolescents With (s)PTSD: a Multi-center RCT
NCT ID: NCT06143982
Last Updated: 2023-11-22
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
100 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-10-05
2026-02-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment
If allocated to the intervention group, participants follow the Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment (BITT).
Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment
BITT is an outpatient, intensive, one-week individual trauma therapy program. BITT is based on well-established protocols, consisting of two 90-minutes trauma therapy sessions a day (trauma exposure in the morning and EMDR in the afternoon), two psychomotor therapy sessions a day (1x60 minutes, 1x45 minutes), one 90-minutes psycho-education and social support skill training for parents a day, and a 90-minutes family therapy session at the end of the week (sharing the trauma narrative).
Waitlist control group
When allocated to the WLCG, participants receive BITT after a 3 months waiting period. The WLCG receives no care during the treatment phase (one week) of the intervention group. Besides this week the WLCG can undergo every treatment including EMDR and TF-CBT during the 3 months waiting period.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment
BITT is an outpatient, intensive, one-week individual trauma therapy program. BITT is based on well-established protocols, consisting of two 90-minutes trauma therapy sessions a day (trauma exposure in the morning and EMDR in the afternoon), two psychomotor therapy sessions a day (1x60 minutes, 1x45 minutes), one 90-minutes psycho-education and social support skill training for parents a day, and a 90-minutes family therapy session at the end of the week (sharing the trauma narrative).
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* 12-18 years of age;
* with a history of psychological trauma (conform the Life Events Checklist of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents DSM-5 (CAPS-CA DSM-5) (Nader, 2004; van Meijel et al., 2019);
* at least subthreshold PTSD criteria, conform the CAPS-CA DSM-5, i.e.;
* fully meeting criterion A, F and G and at least one symptom of criteria B, C, D and E;
* or fully meeting criterion A, F, G and at least the B, C, D or E symptom clusters;
* and written informed consent must be provided by the adolescent and, for adolescents aged 12-15 years, all legal guardians.
Exclusion Criteria
* inability to speak and write Dutch;
* estimated or determined mental retardation (IQ \<70);
* suffering from ongoing trauma by a parent who is part of the adolescent's current primary-care system.
12 Years
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Prof. dr. R.J.L. (Ramón) Lindauer
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Ramón Lindauer, Prof. dr.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Amsterdam UMC, location AMC/Levvel
Locations
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Mental Health Caribbean
Kralendijk, , Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
Amsterdam UMC, location AMC/Levvel
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Karakter
Almelo, Overijsel, Netherlands
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Westerveld MM, van der Mheen M, Knipschild R, Maijer K, de Keizer-Altink ME, Albisser N, Hoekstra MJE, Timmermans-Jansen A, Zijp R, Krabbendam AA, van Steensel FJAB, Kan KJ, Huyser C, Staal WG, Utens EMWJ, Lindauer RJL. Short- and Long-Term Effectiveness of Brief Intensive Trauma Treatment for Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Their Caregivers: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Apr 30;14:e66115. doi: 10.2196/66115.
Other Identifiers
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Effectstudie BITT
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id