CAVEAT: An Open-Trial Feasibility Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age12-50
SponsorUniversity of Lausanne Hospitals

About this trial

This is an open-clinical trial to study the feasibility of a brief manualized psychotherapy for mothers interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their very young children ages 1-3 years, entitled: Clinician-Assisted Videofeedback Exposure Approach Therapy (CAVEAT). This project, to be conducted with referred mothers and children to an academic medical center ambulatory care setting, intends to pilot along with the manualized intervention, pre- and post-intervention measures for up to 10 dyads over 2 years.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

French-speaking, biological child living with mother

Disqualifiers

Physical and/or mental handicap that can interfere with participation in play and measures, active psychotic illness or substance abuse

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • CAVEAT

    Other intervention

    Brief manualized parent-child psychotherapy

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: CAVEATExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Parenting Stress Index- Short Form

Self-report questionnaire

Time frame
Pre- and Post-Intervention within 6 weeks after last session
2

Maternal Attributions Rating Scale

Clinician-rated measure

Time frame
Pre- and Post-Intervention within 6 weeks after last session
3

Brief Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessment

Maternal-report questionnaire

Time frame
Pre- and Post-Intervention within 6 weeks after last session

Secondary outcomes

1

Intervention Satisfaction Questionnaire

Maternal and Therapist completed questionnaire

Time frame
Post-Intervention within 6 weeks after last session

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Lausanne Hospitals

Lead sponsor

Sandra Rusconi Serpa

Collaborator