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Can AI decode how trauma therapy heals?

NCT ID NCT06233968

NEW Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Cambridge Health Alliance Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026

Summary

Researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance are testing whether natural language processing and deep learning can analyze interviews with patients in a 16-week online group therapy program for posttraumatic stress disorder. The study enrolls 33 people already in the program, which uses Internal Family Systems therapy. The goal is to see if computer models can identify the same psychological change mechanisms that human coders find, and whether those models perform as well as ones built from clinical surveys.

What this could mean

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Active substance
natural language processing and deep learning analysis of patient interviews
What this could lead to
If it works, this could give therapists a faster way to spot what actually drives psychological change in trauma therapy, using patients' own words instead of only survey scores.
What could go wrong
This is a small study of 33 people in one therapy program, so the computer models may not match human judgment or may not generalize to other patients or other types of therapy.

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Study facts

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Participants

33 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2024

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Participants will be recruited from a community-based clinical service called Program For Alleviating and Resolving Trauma and Stress (PARTS) service within Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) that offers a 16-week, live-online group therapy model based on Internal Family Systems.

Ages

18 to 75 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: Must be enrolled in the clinical service offering online PARTS group and approved and confirmed to start by the clinical team. Have sufficient English fluency and literacy skills to understand the consent process, procedures and questionnaires and have the ability to provide written informed consent. Have access to the internet and an electronic device with adequate data capacity; to complete questionnaires online and participate in two online video interviews. Must be willing to complete online computerized assessments both at baseline and post-intervention; and participate in two, one-hour videotaped interviews one at baseline and one 2-4 weeks post-intervention. Exclusion Criteria: Inability to complete an informed consent assessment AND/OR inability to complete baseline study assessment procedures (due to cognitive deficit, non-proficiency in English literacy, or any other reason). Expected medical hospitalization in 24 weeks from the date of enrollment. Expected incarceration in 24 weeks from the date of enrollment. Individuals who are pregnant with a due date within 24 weeks after study consent. Insufficient internet connection to conduct online interviews or computerized assessments.

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Conditions

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post-traumatic stress disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Complex post-traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Cambridge Health Alliance

    Malden, Massachusetts, 02148, United States

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