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NCT01186315 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, and Virtual Reality

A NA study, sponsored by Duke University.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
38
Enrollment target

NCT01186315: Completed NA study, sponsored by Duke University.

NCT01186315 is a NA study that has completed, run by Duke University. The registered enrollment target is 38 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (97% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT01186315, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Duke University.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
38 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

Eligible veterans, National Guardsmen \& Reservists with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and problems with addiction will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions. All participants will undergo exposure therapy, a gold standard behavioral treatment for PTSD for 10 weeks. In addition to exposure therapy, some participants will be randomly assigned to receive (1) virtual reality (VR)-based exposure to cues for marijuana, cocaine, heroin, cigarette, and/or alcohol use, and (2) cellular phone-based reminders of learning (extinction reminders, or, ERs) to VR exposure (available 24 hours per day/7 days per week) to high-risk contexts for drug use. The main hypothesis is that those participants who receive exposure therapy + VR/ERs will demonstrate less substance use and lower PTSD symptoms during treatment, at post-treatment, and at follow-up than those participants who only receive exposure therapy. At study completion, a total of 123 subjects signed consent.

Primary Outcome

Acceptability/feasibility of exposure therapy + VR/ER will be evidenced by rates of session attendance, retention, and exit interview ratings

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Prolonged Exposure Therapy
  • BEHAVIORAL Prolonged Exposure therapy + VR/ER

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 38 participants
Start Date 2008-12
Est. Completion 2013-12
Phase NA
Duke University

1,725 total trials

What the finished NCT01186315 record still lists

NCT01186315 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 38 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (97% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 2 interventions - of which Prolonged Exposure Therapy is the first listed.

NCT01186315 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT01186315 about?

NCT01186315 is a clinical study titled "Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, and Virtual Reality". Eligible veterans, National Guardsmen \& Reservists with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and problems with addiction will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions. All participants will undergo exposure therapy, a gold standard behavioral treatment for PTSD for 10 weeks. In addi...

What is the current status of trial NCT01186315?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 38 participants. The study started on 2008-12. Estimated completion is 2013-12.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT01186315?

The interventions under investigation include: Prolonged Exposure Therapy (BEHAVIORAL), Prolonged Exposure therapy + VR/ER (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT01186315?

This trial is sponsored by Duke University, which has 1,725 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT01186315's enrollment target sits among peer trials

38 1538th of 2000 higher than 461 of 2,000 other NA trials

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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