Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Andreas Maercker
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Zurich
Department of Abnormal Psychology
Scheuchzerstr. 21
Zurich
8006
Switzerland
maercker@psychologie.unizh.ch
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
KA 1476/3-1
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Cognitive-behavioral intervention for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) improves their health in comparison to wait-list control condition
Ethics approval
Approved by the University Ethics Committee, Dresden University in September 2001 (ref: 33 02 2001)
Study design
Interventional, randomized controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Intervention
Cognitive-behavioral treatment (psychotherapy) versus wait-list control
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Clinical interview for PTSD (CAPS)
Secondary outcome measures
1. Questionnaires
2. Electroencephalogram (EEG) parameters
3. Peripheral electrophysiology
Overall trial start date
01/04/2002
Overall trial end date
31/08/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Positive diagnosis (above the threshold of standardized clinical assessment according to clinical interview - clinician-administered PTSD scale [CAPS])
2. Age 18-65 years
3. German language competency
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
42
Participant exclusion criteria
Co-morbid diagnoses (e.g. bipolar disorder, current alcohol or drug abuse and cognitive impairment)
Recruitment start date
01/04/2002
Recruitment end date
31/08/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Trial participating centre
University of Zurich
Zurich
8006
Switzerland
Sponsor information
Organisation
German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsschaft) (DFG)
Sponsor details
Kennedyallee 40
Bonn
53170
Germany
+49 (0)228 8851
postmaster@dfg.de
Sponsor type
Research organisation
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsschaft) (DFG) KA 1476/3-1 to /3-3
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16824221
Publication citations
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Results
Maercker A, Zöllner T, Menning H, Rabe S, Karl A, Dresden PTSD treatment study: randomized controlled trial of motor vehicle accident survivors., BMC Psychiatry, 2006, 6, 29, doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-6-29.