Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01206790
Immunological Changes Through Narrative Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Torture Victims
Immunological Changes Through Narrative Treatment of PTSD in Torture Victims
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 47 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Konstanz · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with poor health, high health care utilization, and an increased risk for a variety of somatic, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Research, including our own findings, indicates immunological alterations in PTSD patients. The aim of this study is to investigate whether alterations in the immune system of PTSD patients are reversible through a trauma-specific short-term therapy (Narrative Exposure Therapy).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | NET | Narrative Exposure Therapy for traumatized survivors of organized violence |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-05-01
- Completion
- 2012-01-01
- First posted
- 2010-09-22
- Last updated
- 2012-02-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01206790. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.