COPEWeb Training for Providers

ConditionsPTSD Substance Use Disorders

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorVA Office of Research and Development

About this trial

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) are two of the most common and debilitating mental health conditions afflicting military Veterans. PTSD and SUD frequently co-occur and are associated with poorer treatment outcomes. The investigators' team developed a trauma-focused intervention, Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure (COPE), which is identified by the VA as a gold standard of behavioral healthcare and was designated as a first-line treatment in the 2025 APA Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD. However, a critical barrier to ensuring that Veterans with co-occurring PTSD/SUD receive evidence-based treatment is a lack of provider training. This project directly addresses this critical gap by developing a new web-based training program for providers (COPEWeb).

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

currently a provider in a behavioral health field (e.g., psychology, psychiatry, counseling)

English speaking

able to consistently obtain reliable internet access

willing to attend a 2-day "live" in-person (or virtual) COPE training if randomly assigned to that condition

Disqualifiers

received prior training in COPE

not a provider in the behavioral health field

non-English speaking

lack of reliable internet access

Trial design

Design model

Factorial

Treatments tested in this trial

COPEWeb online training
Behavioral
COPE training delivered via online COPEWEb to providers
COPE In Person
Behavioral
COPE training provided in person to providers

Treatment groups

248 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: COPEWEbExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Group B: COPE In personActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

IBM Computer Usability Satisfaction Questionnaires (CSUQ)

The CSUQ is a 19-item Likert-type (7-point \[strongly agree to strongly disagree\]) questionnaire that provides an overall usability satisfaction score along with subscales that measure program usefulness, information quality, and interface quality. The CSUQ measure and subscales have good reliability, sensitivity, and validity.

Time frame

Through study completion, an average of 8 weeks

COPE Knowledge Acquisition Test (CKAT)

The CKAT will be completed at pre- and post-training. The 20-item measure will be scored and the percent of items answered correctly (rated from 0 to 100% correct) will be assessed. Higher scores represent greater knowledge.

Time frame

Change from baseline to study completion, an average of 8 weeks

Sponsors and contacts

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VA Office of Research and Development

Lead sponsor

Medical University of South Carolina

Collaborator

National Center for PTSD

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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