Can a simple health watch prevent trauma after a scary event?
NCT ID NCT06366191
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This pilot study tests whether a special health watch that monitors stress and dissociative symptoms can help prevent psychological trauma after a traumatic event. About 40 people who have experienced a potentially traumatic event will either receive standard care alone or standard care plus this watch. The main goal is to see if people find the approach acceptable and stick with it.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- prevention algorithm (health watch with stress and dissociative symptom monitoring)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple way to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder after a traumatic event.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The main goal is to see if people accept the approach, not yet to prove it prevents trauma.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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: * Person who the vital prognosis has or could have been committed or having felt a threat to his physical and/or psychological integrity * After a potentially traumatic event dating from a minimum of 72 hours to a maximum of 1 week * for which the CUMP or the psychotrauma regulation platform has been requested * having lived or being a direct witness of the event * knowing how to read and write * affiliate or beneficiary of a social security scheme * having signed a consent Non-inclusion Criteria: * guardianship or curatorship * unable to receive phone calls * unable to go to a place for consultation
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