- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03539614
Predicting Responses to PTSD Treatment With Iris and Cardiovascular Tests (PREDICT)
Noradrenergic Biomarkers in PTSD: Precision Medicine & Mechanisms
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects many individuals who experience a traumatic event. There are a variety of treatment options for PTSD, including psychotherapy (talk therapy) options, as well as medications, such as the drug prazosin. Each of the treatment options available is effective at significantly reducing the symptoms of PTSD in some, but not all, individuals with PTSD. However, investigators are not yet able to predict in advance who is likely to respond to which of the available treatments. Neither are the investigators able to explain what changes in the brain after exposure to a traumatic stressors, and why it results in persistent symptoms of PTSD for some people, but not for others.
In this study, the investigators are testing two things: First, is testing whether two simple, easy tests of how an individual's blood pressure changes with standing and how an individual's eye reacts to a pulse of light may be able to predict whether that person is likely to respond to the medication prazosin for PTSD. Second, is testing whether those who have been exposed to a traumatic stress show differences in how their body regulates the response to the stress-signal noradrenaline.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Rebecca C Hendrickson, MD PhD
- Phone Number: (206) 277-5054
- Email: Rebecca.Hendrickson@va.gov
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Hollie A Holmes, BA
- Phone Number: (206) 277-6207
- Email: hollie.holmes@va.gov
Study Locations
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Washington
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Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108-1532
- Recruiting
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
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Contact:
- Rebecca C Hendrickson, MD PhD
- Phone Number: 206-277-5054
- Email: Rebecca.Hendrickson@va.gov
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Principal Investigator:
- Rebecca C. Hendrickson, MD PhD
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Contact:
- Hollie A Holmes, BA
- Phone Number: (206) 277-6207
- Email: hollie.holmes@va.gov
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces
- Current diagnosis of PTSD (as documented in clinical chart and/or per participant report; a rule out diagnosis from a VA provider accompanied by a referral to the VA PTSD Outpatient Clinic (POC) will also be considered sufficient for inclusion)
- Woman of childbearing potential must agree to abstain from sexual relations that could result in pregnancy or use an effective method of birth control acceptable to both participant and study clinician during the study. Men are not required to use contraception during the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
Psychiatric:
- Any known diagnosis of a primary psychotic or major neurocognitive disorder, including schizophrenia, brief psychotic disorder, or Alzheimer's or other dementia, as well as bipolar type I
Severe psychiatric instability or severe situational life crises, including evidence of being actively suicidal or homicidal, or any behavior which poses an immediate danger to participant or others.
- Note: Nonsuicidal depression comorbid with PTSD will not be exclusionary. Participants may continue in any concurrent psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy in which they are participating, other than pharmacotherapeutic agents specifically listed above. Participants with active suicidal ideation or with depression severe enough to require psychiatric hospitalization will be excluded.
Medical:
- Significant bilateral visual loss (would preclude performing the PLR measurements)
- Current pregnancy or lactation
- Allergy or previous adverse reaction to prazosin or other alpha-1 antagonist
- Acute or unstable chronic medical illness, including unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction (within 6 months), congestive heart failure, preexisting hypotension (systolic <110) or orthostatic hypotension (systolic drop > 20mmHg after two minutes standing or any drop accompanied by dizziness); autoimmune disorders; insulin-dependent diabetes
- Chronic renal or hepatic failure, acute pancreatitis, Meniere's disease, benign positional vertigo, or narcolepsy
Medication / treatment:
- Any use within the 7 days prior to baseline of prazosin, doxazosin, clonidine, guanfacine, trazodone, or nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics, and/or unwillingness to avoid these medications for the duration of the study
- Use of avanafil (Stendra), sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis), and vardenafil (Levitra) will be not be permitted during the study dose titration period because of increased risk of hypotension in combination with alpha-1 blockers, but will be allowed at 1/2 the usual starting dose following dose titration
- Current use of nitrates, or of alternative medications or supplements with significant vasodilatory properties (e.g., nitrate containing supplements) Participants may also be excluded at the discretion of PI or study clinicians if they appear to be unsuitable for this research study for a reason not detailed here.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Open label, blinded discontinuation, prazosin, placebo
All participants in this study will begin with 8 weeks of active treatment (prazosin), followed by a 4 week "blinded discontinuation" block where they will take a capsule that will start out as active treatment (prazosin), but will at some point change to placebo.
Following these phases of the study, participants will be randomized to two arms.
In this first arm, participants will spend 4 weeks on active treatment (prazosin), followed by 4 weeks on placebo.
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This is an antagonist of the alpha1 receptor for noradrenaline.
It is FDA approved for the treatment of hypertension, and has also been used for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
Most recently, it has been found to be helpful for symptoms of PTSD in some but not all participants.
Other Names:
This is a capsule containing an inert substance, in order to provide blinding to participants and study staff of when participants are on active medication and when they are not during the later portions of the trial.
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Experimental: Open label, blinded discontinuation, placebo, prazosin
All participants in this study will begin with 8 weeks of active treatment (prazosin), followed by a 4 week "blinded discontinuation" block where they will take a capsule that will start out as active treatment (prazosin), but will at some point change to placebo.
Following these phases of the study, participants will be randomized to two arms.
In this second arm, participants will spend 4 weeks on placebo, followed by 4 weeks on active treatment (prazosin).
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This is an antagonist of the alpha1 receptor for noradrenaline.
It is FDA approved for the treatment of hypertension, and has also been used for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
Most recently, it has been found to be helpful for symptoms of PTSD in some but not all participants.
Other Names:
This is a capsule containing an inert substance, in order to provide blinding to participants and study staff of when participants are on active medication and when they are not during the later portions of the trial.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in total PTSD Checklist for DSM 5 (PCL5) score
Time Frame: The PCL5 total score is assessed at baseline, during each stage of the study, and at the endpoint of the study. Thus, measurements will be scheduled to occur at the following time points, relative to the baseline visit: 0, 4, 8, 9-12, 16, and 20 weeks
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The PTSD Checklist for DSM 5 is a self-reported rating scale where an individual rates the severity of each symptom of PTSD on a likert scale.
The ratings on individual items are summed to create a total score, which ranges from 0 to 80, with higher scores indicating more symptoms.
The relationship between changes in participants' total PCL scores at different time points and prazosin exposure - and whether this relationship is moderated by baseline biomarker values - will be analyzed using a linear mixed effects model.
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The PCL5 total score is assessed at baseline, during each stage of the study, and at the endpoint of the study. Thus, measurements will be scheduled to occur at the following time points, relative to the baseline visit: 0, 4, 8, 9-12, 16, and 20 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Rebecca C. Hendrickson, MD PhD, VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Mental Disorders
- Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
- Stress Disorders, Traumatic
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Adrenergic Antagonists
- Adrenergic Agents
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Antihypertensive Agents
- Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists
- Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
- Prazosin
Other Study ID Numbers
- MHBB-003-17F
- 1IK2CX001774-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
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