New program aims to cut PTSD and ER visits for trauma patients
NCT ID NCT05632770
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a brief stepped care program for adults hospitalized after a traumatic injury who show signs of PTSD. The program starts in the hospital and aims to reduce PTSD symptoms and the number of emergency room visits over time. About 424 participants are involved, and the study compares the program to usual care.
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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 424 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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: * Injured patients ≥18 years of age * Meet ≥ 3 of 10 risk domain criteria in electronic health records (EHR) screen * Score of ≥ 30 on DSM-5 PTSD Checklist (PCL) score or score of ≥ 35 on DSM-IV PTSD Checklist (PCL) . * Speak English and/or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 * Not admitted for a traumatic injury * Speak a language other than English and/or Spanish * Acutely suicidal/admitted for a suicide attempt * Cognitively impaired * Incarcerated * Acutely psychotic * Not a resident of Washington, California, Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, or Nevada * Less than 2 pieces of contact information * Prior history of violence, such that study staff may not be safe * Patient with overwhelming psychiatric distress and not advisable/will not tolerate randomization to control condition * Most recent COVID-19 test positive
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States
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