Can virtual care help rural vets with PTSD?
NCT ID NCT02737098
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at a telemedicine program called TOP that helps rural veterans with PTSD get care without traveling far. Over 500 veterans took part. The goal was to see which method of rolling out the program worked better to reach more patients and improve PTSD symptoms.
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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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544 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2016
- Finished
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Sep 2020
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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 to 99 years
- 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: * PTSD Diagnosis * Positive PTSD Screen Exclusion Criteria: * No specialty mental health encounters at the VAMC
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Central Arkansas VHS John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205-5484, United States
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Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, Iowa, 52246-2208, United States
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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina, 29401-5799, United States
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VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO
Denver, Colorado, 80220, United States
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VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington, 98108, United States
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VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
San Diego, California, 92161, United States
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