Nurses take on PTSD: a new way to get help faster
NCT ID NCT07430657
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called NurseNET, where nurses are trained to provide a short-term trauma therapy for PTSD. The goal is to make treatment easier to access for people who see their primary care nurse. Researchers will enroll 100 adults with PTSD symptoms and measure if symptoms improve after 4 to 6 sessions with a nurse.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- NurseNET (nurse-delivered Narrative Exposure Therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make PTSD treatment much more accessible by training nurses to deliver it in primary care, reducing wait times and specialist shortages.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 100 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The treatment may not work as well as specialist-led therapy, and some patients may not find it helpful.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2029
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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * o PTSD + trauma exposure (PCL-5 score ≥28, plus trauma endorsed on LEC-5/CAPS) * Life-threatening CV event in the last 90 days (including myocardial infarction/heart attack, acute cerebrovascular accident/stroke, sudden cardiac arrest, acute decompensated heart failure, or life-threatening arrhythmia requiring cardioversion or defibrillation). * Primary care patient at Rush University Medical Center Exclusion Criteria: * o Safety risk (documented suicidal ideation/need for acute psychiatric care) * NET conflict (actively receiving psychotherapy/PTSD treatment) * Cognitive/decisional non-capacity (University of California, San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent \[UBACC\] ≤ 14.5)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rush University Medical Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Rush University Medical Center
RECRUITINGBrookfield, Wisconsin, 53045, United States
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