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Written Exposure in Substance Treatment (WEST 3.0): Randomized Controlled Trial (WEST)

20 de agosto de 2026 actualizado por: Rebecca Schacht, Potomac Health Foundations

Treating OUD/PTSD in Residential Care: Written Exposure in Substance Treatment (WEST)

The purpose of the current research study is to evaluate the efficacy of the refined Written Exposure in Substance Treatment (WEST) for PTSD among residential SUD patients through a randomized controlled trial. All participants meet criteria for PTSD and are in a short term residential SUD treatment program (target residential treatment duration = 28 days) regardless of the research. Participants will be randomly assigned to WEST + treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU only. The primary outcome is change in PTSD symptoms from pre-intervention to post-intervention. The secondary outcome will be change in SUD outcomes (e.g., treatment completion, reduced opioid and other drug use) and change in non-PTSD mental health outcomes (e.g., depression) from pre-intervention to post-intervention.

Descripción general del estudio

Estado

Aún no reclutando

Condiciones

Intervención / Tratamiento

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Estimado)

400

Fase

  • No aplica

Contactos y Ubicaciones

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Estudio Contacto

Copia de seguridad de contactos de estudio

  • Nombre: Rebecca Schacht, PhD
  • Número de teléfono: 410-455-5626
  • Correo electrónico: rschacht@umbc.edu

Ubicaciones de estudio

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

  • Adulto
  • Adulto Mayor

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

No

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria:

  • be enrolled in residential SUD treatment at MTC
  • meet criteria for PTSD based on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5
  • be 18 years of age or older
  • have sufficient memory of the index trauma to write about it
  • be sufficiently able to speak, read, and write in the English language to complete WEST therapy and study assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to give informed consent for any reason (e.g., cognitive impairment)
  • Presence of acute psychosis that would interfere with study participation
  • Suicide attempt within the past 3 months
  • History of psychiatric hospitalization within the past month
  • Presence of any other psychiatric instability or suicidality that would interfere with study participation
  • Planning to leave residential treatment before WEST could realistically be completed as determined by the investigator
  • Lack of access to a mobile phone after treatment discharge

Plan de estudios

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¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Tratamiento
  • Asignación: Aleatorizado
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
  • Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Experimental: Tau + terapia de exposición escrita adaptada (húmeda)
Los participantes en esta condición reciben todo incluido en Tau más 5 sesiones individuales de húmedo entregado por un terapeuta. WET ha sido adaptado para su entrega en un entorno residencial de SUD de acuerdo con los comentarios de los expertos. Las sesiones promedian menos de 60 minutos e implican principalmente escribir sobre la experiencia traumática guiada por el terapeuta.
La terapia de exposición escrita es una intervención breve basada en evidencia para el TEPT. Húmedo generalmente se entrega individualmente en 5 sesiones en las que el terapeuta guía al paciente a través de ejercicios de escritura. En todas las sesiones de exposición, los participantes experimentan la habituación para que sus síntomas disminuyan al final del tratamiento. Wet tiene una base de evidencia establecida en la psicoterapia general de pacientes externos para el TEPT, pero no se ha adaptado ni se ha probado en entornos de tratamiento de SUD residenciales. Además, los investigadores han adaptado húmedo para este entorno basado en los interesados y los comentarios de expertos.
Comparador activo: TAU
Treatment as Usual will include a variety of standard care services offered in short term residential treatment.
El tratamiento como de costumbre incluirá una variedad de servicios de atención estándar ofrecidos en tratamiento residencial a corto plazo. Por ejemplo, los participantes que reciban TAU participarán en sesiones individuales de gestión de casos/asesoramiento general centradas en el trastorno por consumo de sustancias y sus consecuencias, sesiones de psicoeducación basadas en grupos, sesiones de asesoramiento basadas en grupos (por ejemplo, planificación de prevención de recaídas), servicios individuales con un proveedor médico y farmacoterapia (por ejemplo, por abstinencia, prevención de recaídas o prevención de co-accesorios)

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
PTSD symptom reduction
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
PTSD symptom reduction pre/post intervention by treatment arm as measured by he PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) and the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS). The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that yields a total symptom scores ranging from 0-80 with higher scores indicating greater symptomology. The CAPS is a 30-item structured interview that yields a diagnosis of PTSD, a total PTSD symptom severity score, and a severity score for each symptom cluster.
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Days of Substance Use
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will assess opioid and other substance use in the 30 days prior to residential treatment admission and at all follow-ups. Participants will be shown a reference sheet that describes standard drinks (see attached) to help them more easily recall how many standard drinks they have consumed in the past month.
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Substance Use Exposure
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Kreek-McHugh-Schuluger-Kellogg scale (KMSK) will assess participants' lifetime and past 30-day exposure to specific substances. The KMSK items assessing past 30-day usage will be administered during all follow up appointments.
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Anxiety Symptoms
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) will assess symptoms of anxiety.
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Depressive Symptoms
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) will assess depressive symptoms.
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Recovery Capital
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.

Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10) will assess participant-reported areas of recovery capital.

Multidimensional Inventory of Recovery Capital (MIRC): designed to assess the resources a person uses to resolve alcohol or drug problems.

Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Treatment Outcomes
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.

Treatment Utilization Self-Report Form: an investigator-created form will collect data on ongoing engagement in SUD treatment, mental health, and hospital services.

Medication Continuity assessment (see participant information document): will track adherence with medications prescribed during treatment, including addiction-related and other psychotropic medications.

Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Moral Injury
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Moral Injury and Distress Scale (MIDS) will assess exposure to potentially morally injurious events and the possible impacts of moral injury.
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Emotion Regulation
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Short Form (DERS-SF) will assess emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Self Efficacy
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Trauma Coping Self Efficacy (CSE-T) will assess participants' perceptions of their ability to cope with trauma related distress
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Discharge related outcomes
Periodo de tiempo: Completed during the 4-week follow-up appointment once after the participant discharges from the inpatient unit. If participant is still in inpatient, will be completed at the next follow up appointment after discharge (either 8 or 12-week appointments)
Discharge Chart Abstraction (see attached): An investigator-created form will gather information on inpatient treatment completion status, successful initiation on relapse prevention medications for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder, and continuing care referrals made by the inpatient treatment team.
Completed during the 4-week follow-up appointment once after the participant discharges from the inpatient unit. If participant is still in inpatient, will be completed at the next follow up appointment after discharge (either 8 or 12-week appointments)
Barriers to Treatment
Periodo de tiempo: This will be administered during the 4-week follow-up appointment. If this measure was not completed during the 4-week follow-up, participants will complete the measure during the 8 or 12-week appointment.
Barriers to Treatment Participation Scale (BTPS): A WEST specific version of the measure will assess barriers to patient engagement in WEST.
This will be administered during the 4-week follow-up appointment. If this measure was not completed during the 4-week follow-up, participants will complete the measure during the 8 or 12-week appointment.
Adverse Events
Periodo de tiempo: 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Adverse Events Reporting Form (see participant information document): An investigator- created form used to solicit reporting of any adverse events, additional traumatic exposures, and drug/alcohol overdoses since the last research contact; the traumatic exposure item is taken from the Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5).
4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Physical Pain
Periodo de tiempo: Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.
Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12): two items from this measure will assess participant-reported physical pain.
Pre-WEST intervention; 4 weeks post-randomization, 8 weeks post-randomization, and 12 weeks post-randomization.

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Patrocinador

Colaboradores

Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Estimado)

1 de septiembre de 2026

Finalización primaria (Estimado)

31 de mayo de 2030

Finalización del estudio (Estimado)

31 de mayo de 2030

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

12 de agosto de 2026

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

20 de agosto de 2026

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

24 de agosto de 2026

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

24 de agosto de 2026

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

20 de agosto de 2026

Última verificación

1 de agosto de 2026

Más información

Términos relacionados con este estudio

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • WEST 3.0 RCT

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

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Descripción del plan IPD

IPD may be shared with other researchers through a de-identified, secure, electronic data transfer as allowed by the IRB and other regulatory authorities.

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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