Pilot-Study DCPT for PTSD in Adolescents and Young Adults (Pilot-DCPT)

Goethe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: PTSD

Treatments: Behavioral: Developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01870271

Pilot-DCPT

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy (D-CPT)in adolescents suffering from childhood abuse(CA)or physical abuse (PA) related PTSD. D-CPT's feasibility and efficacy will be examined in 20 adolescents suffering from CA or PA-related PTSD in a multicenter study (3 sites).Patients will be assessed prior to (t0), post (t1) and 6 weeks after treatment (t2). Assessments include Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), UCLA PTSD Index (UCLA), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES), and Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23).

Full description

The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy (D-CPT)in adolescents suffering from childhood sexual abuse (CA) or childhood physical abuse (PA) related PTSD. D-CPT's feasibility and efficacy will be examined in 20 adolescents suffering from CA or PA-related PTSD in a multicenter study in Berlin, Frankfurt and Ingolstadt in Germany (3 sites).Patients will be assessed prior to (t0), post (t1) and 6 weeks after treatment (t2). Assessments include Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), UCLA PTSD Index (UCLA), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES), and Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23).

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 21 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• PTSD after CSA and/or CPA beyond the age of three (confirmed by a structured clinical interview, CAPS-CA, German Version IBS-KJ)
• PTSD must be the primary diagnosis (most severe disorder according to SCID)
• age 14 - 21 years
• living in safe conditions
• informed consent from parents/legal guardians (if under 18) and participant

Exclusion criteria

• current psychotic
• substance related or organic mental disorder
• acute suicidality, severe medical conditions
• mental retardation
• insufficient knowledge of German language.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

DCPT

Experimental group

Description:

Treatment with developmentally adapted D-CPT. 30 to 36 individual treatment sessions. Treatment sections comprise a commitment phase (5 sessions), emotion regulation phase (6 sessions), CPT (15 sessions) and a final phase targeting developmentally-related challenges (4 sessions).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy