NCT04765319

Delivery Considerations of Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Salt Lake City Health Care System · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Review treatment outcomes of modifications to standard delivery of CPT for PTSD that are delivered as routine care at in VA outpatient clinic.

Detailed description

Background and Introduction Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidenced based psychotherapy for PTSD. It is considered a first line treatment and has ample evidence supporting it's effectiveness (ISTSS and VA/DOD clinical practice guidelines). This therapy is manualized and a framework is provided to ensure consistent delivery. Additionally, the VA Office of Mental Health Operations sponsors training and dissemination of CPT throughout the VA system and the PI of this study is a trainer and consultant of this therapy. Flexibility exists in the protocol and CPT can be delivered in unorthodox modalities such as telehealth (Moreland et al, 2015) and on compressed time schedules (Held et al, 2020; Bryan et al, 2018). While the literature supports the effectiveness of these interventions in unique settings, no known studies have looked at outcome data of real-world outpatient clinics. The PTSD Clinical Team provides CPT as part of it's standard care with a variety of adaptations. The team practices measurement based care and routinely collects self-report symptom inventories to track patient progress. This study aims to use data collected as part of standard care in this clinic to evaluate the effectiveness of these treatment adaptations in this setting. Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of how CPT for PTSD is delivered. Initial areas of review will include in person vs. telehealth delivery and timing (daily vs. weekly).

Conditions

• PTSD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	CPT for PTSD	Evidence based psychotherapy for PTSD

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-08-01
• Completion: 2025-03-24
• First posted: 2021-02-21
• Last updated: 2025-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States