See below for current clinical trials

For more information about a specific clinical trial, contact the study coordinator listed below. Please do not send personal or medical information unprotected over the Internet.

Name of Study: Optimizing Brain Health by Mitigating PTSD

PI: Shannon Miles, PhD

Study Description: This is a mixed method study that uses a survey and qualitative interviews with the goal of improving access to PTSD for Special Operations Forces (SOF).

Goal/Aim of study: The project’s specific aims are to (1) identify barriers and facilitators of accessing PTSD treatment that are most important to the SOF community via an online confidential survey of all relevant stakeholders in the health care delivery process; (2) identify culturally appropriate ways to improve access to PTSD treatments by conducting qualitative interviews with active-duty SOF; and (3) partner with the command advisory group, which includes leadership, health care providers, family members, and veterans previously in SOF, to develop policy recommendations and educational material fit with SOF culture.

POC: Shannon Miles

EMAIL: shannon.miles@va.gov

PHONE: (813) 972-2000 x106728

Name of Study: PREVAIL: Clinical Effectiveness and Implementation of Massed Prolonged Exposure for PTSD Among Veterans in Intensive Outpatient Substance Use Treatment

PI: Brittany Davis, PhD

Study Description: Clinical treatment study comparing frequency of delivery (1x weekly vs. 3+ weekly) of an evidence-based treatment for PTSD with Veterans with a co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD) who are already in structured SUD treatment.

Goal/Aim of study: The mixed-method two-group Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation randomized clinical trial (RCT) aims to determine the effectiveness of M-PE delivery in SUD IOP in reducing dropout rates and improving outcomes as compared to weekly PE delivery (W-PE).

POC: Samantha Weiner

EMAIL: Samantha.Weiner@va.gov

PHONE: 813-503-6215

Name of Study: Project PORT: Clinical Effectiveness and Implementation of Trauma-Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR) Therapy Compared to Prolonged Exposure

PI: Brittany Davis, PhD

Study Description: Clinical treatment study comparing a novel trauma related guilt intervention to an evidence-based treatment for PTSD.

Goal/Aim of study: The primary goal of this project is to determine if a promising intervention, Trauma-Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR) Therapy, will help Veterans with their PTSD.

POC: Samantha Weiner

EMAIL: Samantha.Weiner@va.gov

PHONE: 813-503-6215