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Family coaching may be key to getting vets PTSD treatment

NCT ID NCT04501328

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether coaching family members through phone calls and a web program can encourage veterans with PTSD to start mental health care. About 122 partners or close family members of veterans will receive either standard coaching or an enhanced version with online training. The goal is to see if this support helps more veterans seek help.

What this could mean

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Active substance
telephone coaching and web-based training for family members
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could help more veterans with PTSD start mental health treatment by supporting their families.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study (122 participants) testing a behavioral intervention, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention may not significantly increase care-seeking.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

122 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Apr 2021

Expected to finish

Aug 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

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

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: The target population consists of partners and first-degree family members who are in regular contact with a Veteran from any service era who believe that their Veteran is suffering from significant symptoms of PTSD and in need of mental health care. Inclusion criteria are: * reporting being in an intimate relationship (dating, engaged, or married) with a Veteran or a first degree family member of a Veteran * reporting that their Veteran is not engaged in mental health care and has not been for the past 6 months * reporting perceived symptoms of PTSD in their Veteran * reporting frequent contact with their Veteran (some verbal or face-to-face contact for 36 of the past 90 days) * having regular access to the Internet and a telephone; and 6) being 18 years of age or older Exclusion Criteria: * reporting by the potential participant that they are subject to domestic violence and may not feel safe engaging in CIC+VA-CRAFT activities * we will exclude partners reporting severe intimate partner violence on the brief Conflict Tactics Scale 2 Short Form with their Veteran in the past 6 months * appropriate referrals for those excluded based on recent intimate partner violence will be provided

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Conditions

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post-traumatic stress disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Stress disorders, post-traumatic

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

    Palo Alto, California, 94304-1207, United States

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