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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Complex Psychotrauma

Efficiency of the Use of Benevolent Memories in the EMDR Protocol in Complex Psychotrauma (Benevolence Study)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04594434
Enrollment
49
Registered
2020-10-20
Start date
2020-12-12
Completion date
2022-07-26
Last updated
2022-08-17

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Conditions

Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Brief summary

This study wants to demonstrate the effectiveness of combining a positive memory with recommended therapy based on EMDR in reducing the disturbance that patients with complex psychotrauma may experience. The positive memory will be called benevolent memory (SB) or less worse memory (SMP).

Detailed description

This is an interventional study, prospective, exploratory, comparative, randomized, controlled versus reference treatment protocol, open. Patients will be seen 16 times for the purposes of the study. They will be hospitalized during therapy. Discharge from hospitalization occurs during follow-up depending on the patient's condition. They will be evaluated over a period of 4 to 6 weeks between the start (Day 0 = Week 1) and the end of treatment (visit week 12). These visits will coincide with treatment sessions with the EMDR ± SB / SMP protocol, as part of the support of their complex psychotrauma. At the end of treatment, the patient will be evaluated during follow-up visits at Month 1, Month 3 and Month 6.

Interventions

OTHERScale SUD

Subjective Units of Distress Scale ou Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale is a scale of subjective appreciation of emotions

OTHERVOC scale

The VOC (Validity Of Cognition) scale is a scale of value given to cognition.

OTHERDES II scale

The Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), which is translated as the Dissociative Experiences Scale, is a self-questionnaire to assess the frequency of various dissociative symptoms in the patient's daily life.

Sponsors

GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient suffering from a combination of a period of complex trauma and a disturbance triggered by situations in adulthood; * Having signed an informed consent form to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

* Protected patient (under legal protection, or deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision); * Patient seeking legal benefit from participating in the study; * Patient previously treated with EMDR; * Patient unable to understand the information related to the study (linguistic, psychological, cognitive reason, etc.); * Untreated epileptic patient; * Patient with severe oculomotor disorders; * Patient in hypomanic phase; * Patient treated with high dose corticosteroids; * Patient with alcohol and / or drug misuse in the 7 days preceding inclusion; * Pregnant or likely to be (of childbearing age, without effective contraception) or breastfeeding; * Patient participating in another clinical trial, or in a period of exclusion from another clinical trial; * Patient not beneficiary of a social security scheme.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Effectiveness of the combination of SB and / or PMS with EMDR technique on reducing the disturbance experienced by patients with complex psychotrauma.6 monthsPercentage of patients with a 50% reduction in the SUD score(44/5000 measured by the SUD scale ranging from 0 to 10) at the end of the 3rd active EMDR session compared to the pre-treatment score of the 1st active session

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Disturbance felt6 monthsThe % of patients responding to therapy (with SUD scores = 0 and VOC = 7) at M1, M3 and M6 will be compared between the 2 groups by a Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test.
Level of dissociation6 monthsThe change in the level of dissociation by the DES II scale (score from 0 to 100) after therapy will be compared between the 2 groups by an analysis of covariance with adjustment for the score at inclusion;

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026