New online therapy aims to ease PTSD after sexual abuse
NCT ID NCT07610187
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new anonymous online therapy program called Restory for people with PTSD after sexual abuse. It is designed for 140 adults who have experienced sexual violence at least one month ago. The therapy uses a type of talk therapy done over the internet, and the goal is to see if it reduces PTSD symptoms better than waiting for treatment.
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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 140 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * 18+ years * exposure to sexual violence where a minimum of 1 month has passed since the incident * self-reported total PCL-5 of minimum 30 * current stable dose of psychotropic medication (for at least 4 weeks) or medication free * sufficient Swedish skills * willingness and availability to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Ongoing trauma-related threat (e.g. living with a violent spouse) * severe psychiatric illness requiring immediate alternative treatment (such as high acute suicide risk or presence of psychotic episode, assessed during screening interview) * current participation in other trauma-focused CBT or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy * current benzodiazepine treatment * no trauma memory
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Locations
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Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
RECRUITINGStockholm, 11364, Sweden
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