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Emotion & Attention Training for TBI and PTSD

Phase 2

Recruiting

Led By Julia K. Waid-Ebbs, PhD

Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up week 1, week 11, week 22

Summary

This trial will test whether a multimodal affect recognition training (MMART), which includes training in both facial and vocal emotion recognition, can improve emotion recognition and attention in Veterans with mTBI and PTSD.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for Veterans who have mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and PTSD, can hear and see normally, speak English fluently, and struggle with recognizing emotions or paying attention. It's not for those with chronic diseases, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder.

What is being tested?

The study tests a new training program combining National Geographic Movies, Multimodal affect recognition training (MMART), Attention Training, and Brain Health Workshops to help improve emotion communication in veterans.

What are the potential side effects?

Since the interventions are non-medical trainings involving movies and workshops rather than drugs or medical procedures, significant side effects are not expected. However, participants may experience fatigue or emotional discomfort.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ week 1, week 11, week 22

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~week 1, week 11, week 22

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and week 1, week 11, week 22 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Community Reintegration of Service Members, assessing change

Florida Affect Battery (FAB), assessing change

Secondary study objectives

Attention Index of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, assessing change

Continuous Performance Task, assessing change

Emotion Recognition Task, assessing change

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: MMART and attention trainingExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Training to recognize affect and prosodic expressions of emotions combined with attention training.

Group II: Brain Health Workshop and National Geographic MoviesPlacebo Group2 Interventions

an inactive arm that matches sessions of intervention. BHW is education about the brain and cognition. National Geographic movies are viewed with the clinician and the participant answers questions about the movies.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Attention Training

2018

N/A

~550

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