Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure (PEET)

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Completed

Conditions: PTSD

Treatments: Behavioral: Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02818114

D2188-P

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators plan to develop and test an intervention using peer specialists (Veterans who have managed PTSD and completed PE) to provide support services for Veterans using prolonged exposure therapy.

Full description

The investigators will use qualitative data from Veterans and PE providers to revise the investigators' manualized intervention for peer support services, then complete a feasibility trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Veteran participants will be individuals appropriate for PE, i.e., :

  • Veterans who are currently seeking PE
  • meet DSM-5 criteria for PTSD or subthreshold PTSD
  • are competent to consent to research

Exclusion criteria

• Veteran participants do not have levels of other types of psychopathology that would prevent successful participation in the intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

PEET

Experimental group

Description:

Peer support interventions as an adjunct to prolonged exposure

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer Enhanced Prolonged Exposure