Prolonged Exposure (PE) Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 20 Minutes Versus 40 Minutes

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: PTSD

Treatments: Behavioral: Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00229307

SHEBA-05-3709-JZ-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparing the efficacy of 40 minutes PE treatment to 20 minutes of the same treatment

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• PTSD

Exclusion criteria

• Psychotic symptoms
• Dissociation
• Drug or Alcohol dependence

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy

Behavioral: Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy

2

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy

Behavioral: Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy