NCT05560854

A Feasibility Study of Internet Delivered Prolonged Exposure

A Feasibility Study of Internet Delivered Prolonged Exposure for Patients Wit Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective with this study is to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of ten weeks of internet delivered prolonged exposure delivered through a digital platform with therapist support. The secondary objective is to investigate preliminary effects of internet delivered prolonged exposure in terms of reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression and increase quality of life.

Detailed description

The investigators will investigate internet delivered prolonged exposure delivered as a ten-week treatment comprising of six modules (psychoeducation/rational, in vivo exposure, imaginal exposure, common problems during exposure, hot spots and relapse prevention). The feasibility and acceptability and preliminary effects of treatment- and assessment procedures will be evaluated using a within-group design with repeated measurements and qualitative interviews. Recruitment is designed to be broadly inclusive with minimal exclusion criteria. Patients will be recruited from a psychiatric clinic specialized in PTSD in Stockholm, Sweden and by advertisements in newspapers and social media.

Conditions

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet delivered prolonged exposure	Internet delivered prolonged exposure for ten weeks with therapist support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-18
• Primary completion: 2023-09-09
• Completion: 2023-09-09
• First posted: 2022-09-29
• Last updated: 2023-12-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden