Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Female Veterans With PTSD Who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma
CompletedNot applicableNCT02640690
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Brief summary (from the registry)
In this study, we are evaluating the effectiveness of a yoga intervention to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), its associated symptoms of chronic pain and insomnia, and biological and physiological responses to trauma and PTSD in women Veterans who experienced military sexual trauma (MST). If effective, this yoga intervention could reduce PTSD symptoms and chronic pain, improve sleep quality, and decrease the body's automatic "fight or flight" stress response and the damage this stress response causes in the body, including heart disease and diabetes. This intervention could improve these women Veterans' quality of life and social functioning, for example, going to work and having satisfying relationships with family and friends. This study may support an innovative, complementary and alternative PTSD treatment for women Veterans who experienced MST. This new, evidence-based PTSD treatment could supplement current PTSD treatments. Clinical guidelines for this yoga intervention could be implemented nationally in the VA health care system.
Study details
- Official title
- Trauma-sensitive Yoga for Female Veterans With PTSD Who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma
- Conditions
- Stress Disorders, Post-traumatic
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Intervention (TCTSY)
- Behavioral: Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-02-26
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Women Veterans who experienced MST * Diagnosed with PTSD related to MST * Insomnia * Willing to participate in either TCTSY or CPT study intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Schizophrenia with significant psychotic symptoms * Current, active suicidal intent or plan * Current substance abuse or dependence * Certain medical conditions that can contribute significantly to psychiatric symptoms, including: * poorly controlled hypo/hyperthyroidism * kidney or liver failure * Dementia * Moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) or other cognitive impairment sufficient to interfere with ability to give informed consent * Pain due to acute injury (\<3 months), post-surgical pain (\<3 months) or pain due to malignancy; pain related to injury and surgery are excluded to reduce risk of exacerbating underlying injury * Receiving mental health treatment outside of the VA * Ongoing participation in mental health treatment at odds with study intervention (For Example: yoga, trauma-focused treatment)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02640690