Can a web therapy program ease PTSD in female veterans?
NCT ID NCT06988787
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a web-based program called webSTAIR, which teaches emotion regulation and relationship skills, for female veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma or intimate partner violence and also have a brain injury. The goal is to see if it helps them manage emotions and reduce PTSD symptoms. The study involves 136 participants and compares webSTAIR to another intervention.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- webSTAIR (web-based skills training with therapist support)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide an accessible, home-based therapy option for female veterans struggling with trauma and brain injury.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (136 participants) comparing two behavioral interventions, so results may not apply broadly. The web-based format may not suit everyone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 136 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Able to consent as determined by UBACC, are English-speaking FVets who are 18+ years old * Screen positive for exposure to IPV and/or MST using the VA Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (VA IPVAP) and MST Screening Protocol, * Have a history of at least one BI assessed using the BISQ+IPV, * Sub-threshold PTSD (operationalized as a total score of \>33 on the PTSD Checklist Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (PCL-5), * Report deficits in Emotion Regulation (operationalized as a score of 0.5 SD above published means on the DERS). Exclusion Criteria: * FVets at high risk for suicide (respond yes to items 3, 4, 5, or 8 on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale \[C-SSRS\]), will be initially excluded until a secondary risk and safety assessment is completed by one of the Texas licensed study psychologists, who will use the VA Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation (CSRE) to determine planning and intentions. Veterans who endorse chronic thoughts of death found among those with PTSD and depression, but who have no suicidal behaviors with intent to act, based on secondary risk assessment, will be included in the study. * Observable active psychosis (e.g., auditory hallucinations, grandiose delusions), * Those determined to have problematic substance use (score \> 27 on the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) will be referred to substance use dependence programs for concurrent treatment. The PI and Co-Is will collaborate with the substance use dependence program to determine continued participation.
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Locations
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Baylor College of Medicine
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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