Can online training help brain injury patients regain emotional control?
NCT ID NCT05933629
First seen Jul 16, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two methods of training therapists to deliver an online emotion regulation program (Online EmReg) to people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). One group of therapists receives a 3-hour workshop only, while the other gets the workshop plus 3 months of bi-weekly consultation. The goal is to see which training approach helps therapists deliver the program more effectively. The study involves 50 therapists and measures their confidence, skills, and satisfaction with the training.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Online EmReg (a web-based group intervention) and consultation sessions
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could identify the best way to train clinicians to help people with TBI better manage their emotions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage implementation study focused on clinician training, not patient outcomes. The intervention may not improve emotion regulation for all participants.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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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
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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: * Licensed psychologist, social worker, or mental health counselor. * Training and experience in CBT, the framework for EmReg. * Experience working with people with TBI. * Experience providing group treatment. * A computer and internet to conduct group treatment via telehealth. * Actively treating ≥3 patients with TBI who are appropriate for EmReg (have emotion regulation difficulties based on clinician assessment). * Amenable to study tasks (e.g., completion of training, consultation, performance based role-play, data collection). * Not previously trained in EmReg. * Proficient in English. Exclusion Criteria: * Not willing to conduct group treatment via telehealth. * Non-English speaking.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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