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PTSDの長期暴露療法に対する概日影響

2026年11月9日 更新者:Edward F. Pace-Schott、Massachusetts General Hospital

PTSDの長期暴露療法に起因する恐怖の絶滅に対する概日的影響

Proposed research will examine time-of-day effects on trauma-related fear extinction using Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) telemedicine for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD). The primary mechanistic outcome measure will be change in psychophysiological reactivity to script-driven imagery (SDI-PR) measured, in person, at pre-treatment, after 5 PE sessions (mid-treatment), and after all 10 PE sessions (post-treatment). A secondary mechanistic outcome will be session-to-session reduction in peak subjective units of distress (SUDS) ratings to imaginal exposures. The primary clinical outcome will be change in Clinican Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5) severity score; a secondary clinical outcome will be session-to-session reduction in self-reported PTSD symptoms using the PTSD checklist (PCL-5). Participants meeting inclusion criteria (described below) will be randomized to either PE sessions that begin from 07:00 to a time no later than 2 hours past a participant's customary rise time, or to the last treatment session of the day beginning at 16:00 or later (26 per arm). Participants will complete daily at-home imaginal-exposure homework within the same time frame as their PE sessions are scheduled, i.e., within 2 hours of awakening for morning (AM) group and between 16:00 and 2 hours before bedtime for late afternoon (PM) group.

調査の概要

状態

積極的、募集していない

条件

詳細な説明

Proposed research will examine time-of-day effects on trauma-related fear extinction using PE therapy for PTSD in the National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD). The primary mechanistic outcome measure will be change in SDI-PR; a secondary mechanistic outcome will be session-to-session reduction in peak SUDS ratings to imaginal exposures. The primary clinical outcome will be change in CAPS-5 severity score; a secondary clinical outcome will be session-to-session reduction in self-reported PTSD symptoms (PCL-5). Participants meeting inclusion criteria (described below) will be randomized to either PE sessions that begin from 07:00 to a time no later than 2 hours past a participant's customary rise time, or to the last treatment session of the day beginning at 16:00 or later. Participants will complete daily at-home imaginal-exposure homework within the same time frame as their PE sessions are scheduled (i.e., within 2 hours of awakening for morning group and between 16:00 and 2 hours before bedtime for late afternoon group). The assessment schedule will be identical for all participants. Participants who meet study inclusion criteria at screening will first begin a 7-day, pre-study sleep-monitoring period with wrist actigraphy, sleep diaries and completion of a diurnal profile of salivary cortisol levels. Trauma-related fear will be assessed using the standard SDI procedures detailed below at pre-treatment, after 5 PE sessions (mid-treatment), and after all 10 PE sessions (post-treatment). The CAPS-5 will be administered at these same times. PCL-5 measurements will be obtained at each treatment session and SUDs will be obtained during all treatment sessions that include imaginal exposure (sessions 3-8). All SDI sessions will be carried out at a standardized time of day in the late-afternoon (15:00-17:00). PE treatment will be administered at a targeted rate of once per week. At each PE and assessment session, pre-session saliva samples will be obtained for cortisol measurement and normalized using the diurnal profile of cortisol obtained during the sleep-assessment week. Participants will wear the wrist actigraph and complete sleep diaries throughout PE. The diurnal cortisol profile will be repeated at the post-treatment assessment.

研究の種類

介入

入学 (実際)

29

段階

  • 適用できない

連絡先と場所

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研究場所

    • Massachusetts
      • Boston、Massachusetts、アメリカ、02130-4817
        • VA Boston Healthcare System

参加基準

研究者は、適格基準と呼ばれる特定の説明に適合する人を探します。これらの基準のいくつかの例は、人の一般的な健康状態または以前の治療です。

適格基準

就学可能な年齢

18年~70年 (大人、高齢者)

健康ボランティアの受け入れ

いいえ

受講資格のある性別

全て

説明

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. a diagnosis of PTSD as defined by DSM-5, with a minimum CAPS severity score of 26, a minimum PCL-5 score of 31, or a score of 2 or above on CAPS-5 Item B2 (concerning distressing dreams)
  2. interest in starting a course of PE
  3. availability for appointments at that will either begin from 07:00 to a time no longer than 2 hours past their customary rise time, or to the last treatment session of the day beginning at 16:00 or later
  4. Age range of 18-70
  5. A Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) score above 25.
  6. Non-exclusionary psychotropic medications must have been stable for 3 weeks prior to Screening/Assessment with intention to remain stable throughout participation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. current or past history of bipolar I disorder, schizophrenic or other psychotic disorders,
  2. current organic brain disorder including moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
  3. factitious disorder or malingering
  4. pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next four months at time of screening [if a participant does become pregnant during study procedures, the situation will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and the participant's wishes will be considered in deciding whether the participant will continue with the study or withdraw.]
  5. current moderate or severe substance use disorder with symptoms present within the past three months
  6. diagnosed moderate to severe sleep apnea, narcolepsy, periodic limb movement, or restless legs syndrome that result in daytime sleepiness indicated by Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) above 10
  7. active risk of harm to self or others
  8. evidence of clinically significant hepatic or renal disease or any other acute or unstable medical condition that might interfere with safe conduct of the study
  9. current participation in trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (e.g., Cognitive Processing Therapy, Written Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy)
  10. prior treatment with an adequate dose of PE (i.e., 8 or more sessions) to the traumatic event that would be the index trauma for treatment in the study
  11. having no memory of their traumatic event
  12. daily use of benzodiazepines
  13. methadone or suboxone maintenance therapy for past opioid addiction
  14. diagnosis of Cushing's disease, Addison's disease or use of medications that target cortisol directly such as those used to treat Cushing's disease [ketoconazole, mitotane (Lysodren), metyrapone (Metopirone), and Mifepristone (Korlym, Mifeprex)], those used to treat Addison's disease [Hydrocortisone (Cortef), prednisone or methylprednisolone], as well as cortisone or dexamethasone.
  15. persons who would habitually awaken so early that more than 2 h would elapse before a morning PE session could occur; or those who engage in habitual shiftwork or transmeridian travel

研究計画

このセクションでは、研究がどのように設計され、研究が何を測定しているかなど、研究計画の詳細を提供します。

研究はどのように設計されていますか?

デザインの詳細

  • 主な目的:処理
  • 割り当て:ランダム化
  • 介入モデル:並列代入
  • マスキング:ダブル

武器と介入

参加者グループ / アーム
介入・治療
実験的:Early morning PE

26 participants randomized to 10 weekly PE sessions in early morning (between 07:00-10:00) with homework exposures occurring occur at this same time of day.

Manualized procedures deliver ten 90-minute sessions targeted to occur weekly and administered via tele-health with the same study therapist. Session 1 will focus on psychoeducation. Session 2 involves construction of the in vivo exposure hierarchy. Sessions 3-10 focus on in-session imaginal exposures to the worst trauma memory for 45-60 min followed by 15-20 min of processing the imaginal exposure. For homework, participants will be instructed to confront situations on their hierarchy on a daily basis using recording of their imaginal exposure. Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) ratings will be taken throughout imaginal exposure exercises.

実験的:Late afternoon PE

26 participants randomized to 10 weekly PE sessions in late afternoon (16:00 or later) with homework exposures occurring occur at this same time of day.

Manualized procedures deliver ten 90-minute sessions targeted to occur weekly and administered via tele-health with the same study therapist. Session 1 will focus on psychoeducation. Session 2 involves construction of the in vivo exposure hierarchy. Sessions 3-10 focus on in-session imaginal exposures to the worst trauma memory for 45-60 min followed by 15-20 min of processing the imaginal exposure. For homework, participants will be instructed to confront situations on their hierarchy on a daily basis using recording of their imaginal exposure. Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) ratings will be taken throughout imaginal exposure exercises.

この研究は何を測定していますか?

主要な結果の測定

結果測定
メジャーの説明
時間枠
Psychophysiological Reactivity to Script-driven Imagery (SDI-PR): Primary Mechanistic Outcome
時間枠:Outcome measure 1 assessed at pre-treatment (baseline), mid-treatment (week 5), and post-treatment (week 10).

This primary mechanistic outcome, measured before, midway and after treatment is a unitary discriminant canonical variable (SDI-PR) that measures psychophysiological reactivity while listening to 2 personalized recorded scripts that describe a participant's index trauma. For each of 3 physiological measures- heart rate (HR), skin conductance (SC),and corrugator EMG (cEMG)- a response (R) score is calculated as the difference between the average level during a 30s pre-script baseline phase and the average level during a 30s imagery phase. These 3 scores are averaged across the 2 scripts and combined using standardized weights as: SDI-PR = 0.29*[HRR] +0.66*[SCR] +0.38*[cEMGR]. There is no absolute limit to how much physiological reactivity can increase in response to scripts, therefore, minimum and maximum scores do not exist. However, a proxy maximum and minimum SDI-PR was estimated using the largest and smallest SCR, HRR, and cEMGR in the study and are respectively, 35.041and -3.061.

Outcome measure 1 assessed at pre-treatment (baseline), mid-treatment (week 5), and post-treatment (week 10).
Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Fifth Edition (CAPS-5): Primary Clinical Outcome
時間枠:Outcome measure 2 assessed at pre-treatment (baseline), mid-treatment (week 5), and post-treatment (week 10).

This primary clinical outcome is the gold standard clinical interview for assessing PTSD severity. In CAPS-5, each of the 20 symptoms of PTSD is rated on a 5-point severity scale ranging from 0 (absent) to 4 (extreme). Total scores range from 0 to 80.

Outcome measure 2 assessed at pre-treatment (baseline), mid-treatment (week 5), and post-treatment (week 10).

二次結果の測定

結果測定
メジャーの説明
時間枠
PCL-5: PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Fifth Edition: Secondary Clinical Outcome
時間枠:10 weeks

PCL-5 contains self-ratings of how much one is bothered by each of the 20 symptoms of PTSD on a 5-point severity scale ranging from 0 (Not at all) to 4 (extremely). Outcome measure 3 is the total PTSD severity score summing all 20 items. The range of total scores for the PCL-5 is 0-80.

10 weeks
SUDS: Secondary Mechanistic Outcome
時間枠:Starting at PE Session 3 when exposures begin

A rating scale from 0 to 100 where zero represents no distress at all and 100 represents very extreme distress, fear, or anxiety. SUDS ratings are subjective and different individuals may rate the same situation differently. An individual anchors their own ratings with personal recollection of situations considered "No Distress" to "Moderate" to "Extreme Distress".

Starting at PE Session 3 when exposures begin

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捜査官

  • 主任研究者:Edward F Pace-Schott, PhD、Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 主任研究者:Suzanne L Pineles, PhD、VA Boston Health System, Boston University

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主要日程の研究

研究開始 (実際)

2022年7月1日

一次修了 (実際)

2025年8月1日

研究の完了 (推定)

2027年9月1日

試験登録日

最初に提出

2022年6月29日

QC基準を満たした最初の提出物

2022年7月6日

最初の投稿 (実際)

2022年7月12日

学習記録の更新

投稿された最後の更新 (実際)

2026年11月12日

QC基準を満たした最後の更新が送信されました

2026年11月9日

最終確認日

2026年11月1日

詳しくは

本研究に関する用語

その他の研究ID番号

  • 2021p003356
  • R21MH128619 (米国 NIH グラント/契約)

個々の参加者データ (IPD) の計画

個々の参加者データ (IPD) を共有する予定はありますか?

はい

IPD プランの説明

We will share data every January 15 and July 15 with the NIMH Data Archives (NDA) under a NIMH Data Repositories Data Submission Agreement between NIMH and VA Boston Health System (VABHS). Data sharing is required for all NIMH-funded research projects. The NDA DSA will be approved by the VABHS IRB. Each participant will be assigned Global Unique ID (GUID) and data shared will contain no identifiable information. Shared data will include scored psychophysiological, self-report instruments, cortisol, actigraphy, and fully de-identified demographic data.

IPD 共有時間枠

Study data will become available following the end of the study and the publication of results.

IPD 共有アクセス基準

Investigators can apply to the NIMH Data Archive (NDA) for permission to use these data.

IPD 共有サポート情報タイプ

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL

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