Clinical Trial: An Adjunctive Family Intervention for Individual Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: An Adjunctive Family Intervention for Individual Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment: An Efficacy Study

Brief Summary: This study aims to test a brief family intervention (the BFI) to enhance individually-delivered PTSD treatment for Veterans.

Detailed Summary:

The investigators will enroll pairs of Veterans and one adult family member who lives with them. Veterans will be beginning a course of PTSD-focused treatment at the Boston VA; Veterans' treatment will not be limited or changed by their participation in this study.

Family members will receive or not receive (depending on which Phase of the study they are recruited in) the BFI. The BFI consists of 2 sessions in which the family member meets one-on-one with a clinician to discuss PTSD, PTSD treatment, and how families can be most helpful to patients in treatment.

Veterans and family members will also be interviewed about their opinions and experiences regarding family-inclusive treatment for PTSD.

Sponsor: Boston University

Current Primary Outcome:

• Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale, 5th edition [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
  A measure of PTSD severity and diagnostic status
• Significant Others' Responses to Trauma Scale [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
  A measure of family members' responses to PTSD symptoms

Original Primary Outcome:

• Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale, 5th edition [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
• Significant Others' Responses to Trauma Scale [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: Boston University

Dates:
Date Received: November 2, 2016
Date Started: January 2018
Date Completion: March 2021
Last Updated: April 19, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017