NCT01870271

Pilot-Study DCPT for PTSD in Adolescents and Young Adults

Pilotstudie Developmentally Adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy für Jugendliche Und Junge Erwachsene Mit Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung Nach Sexualisierter Und /Oder körperlicher Gewalt (Pilot DCPT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Goethe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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).

Detailed 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).

Conditions

• PTSD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2015-10-01
• First posted: 2013-06-06
• Last updated: 2016-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany