NCT05776719

Efficacy of Virtual Warrior Renew Therapy for Veterans Who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 191 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Group treatments may be helpful for Veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST). By doing this study, the investigators hope to learn if two different groups: Warrior Renew and Health \& Wellness are effective in reducing mental health symptoms in Veterans who have experienced MST and if either is more effective than the other. Participation in this research will last about 16 weeks.

Detailed description

This project will examine mental health treatment in a group setting for Veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma. Military sexual trauma or MST is defined as any experience of sexual assault or sexual harassment experienced during military service. Survivors of MST may develop mental health symptoms. Group treatment for survivors of MST may be helpful. This study will compare two different group treatments: 1) Warrior Renew; and 2) Health \& Wellness. By doing this study, the investigators hope to learn: 1) if one or both of the group treatments are safe and effective in reducing mental health symptoms in Veterans who have experienced MST; and 2) if there are differences based on gender that should be addressed differently in developing treatments for survivors of MST.

Conditions

• Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Health & Wellness	PowerPoint slide decks will be shown via shared screen. The wellness group will be largely educational in nature and will encourage discussion, setting goals, and making healthy choices. Similar topics covered in this group have been used previously in health promotion classes.
BEHAVIORAL	Warrior Renew	The group format includes warm-up community building exercises, psychoeducational presentation of material standardized by the use of PowerPoint slides, followed by discussion of the information and interactive exercises, and closes with exercises to improve affect management skills, such as mindfulness or guided imagery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-07-17
• Primary completion: 2025-07-30
• Completion: 2026-10-30
• First posted: 2023-03-20
• Last updated: 2025-08-11

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States