NCT03803332

A Trial Comparing Interpersonal Therapy to Exposure Therapy for PTSD Due to Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in Male and Female Military Personnel

A Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Interpersonal Therapy to Exposure Therapy for PTSD Consequent to Military Sexual Trauma

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 208 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two kinds of therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): exposure therapy (ET) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). The results of this study will allow us to see if IPT and ET are equally effective in treating PTSD due to Military Sexual Trauma, with the long-term goal of making PTSD treatment effective for as many people as possible.

Conditions

• PTSD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exposure Therapy	Psychotherapy including imaginal and in vivo exposure for PTSD.
BEHAVIORAL	Interpersonal Psychotherapy	Psychotherapy that focuses on the effects of PTSD on current interpersonal functioning.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-09
• Primary completion: 2027-03-01
• Completion: 2027-09-01
• First posted: 2019-01-14
• Last updated: 2026-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States