Brain study tests hormone boost for PTSD therapy

NCT ID NCT04192266

Summary

This study tested whether adding an estrogen pill (estradiol) to a standard talk therapy called Prolonged Exposure could improve treatment results for women with PTSD. Researchers enrolled 83 women and randomly assigned them to receive either the therapy with estrogen or therapy with a placebo pill. They used brain scans and symptom measurements to see if the estrogen helped the therapy work better by affecting brain areas involved in fear processing.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)

    Houston, Texas, 77054, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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