Posttraumatic Stress DisorderSENSE-PTSDNCT05766241
Investigating a Novel Sensory-based Program for Veterans With PTSD
A study testing Sensory Strategies Training in people with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, run by McMaster University at 1 site in Canada.
Trial summary
SENSE-PTSD is an randomized controlled trial (RCT) which will evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a novel, sensory-based psychoeducational program for improving psychological, functional, sensory, and cognitive outcomes in Canadian military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- What is being tested?
- Sensory Strategies Training
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 89 participants
- Where
- 1 siteCanada
- Study dates
- 1 May 2024to 11 May 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- English-speaking adults between the ages of 18 and 65
- Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces (active service and/or reservist);
- Meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD on the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5);
- Able to provide written informed consent;
- Have access to a smart phone, tablet, or computer with a working microphone and camera;
- Have access to consistent and reliable Internet.
Who cannot join
- Use benzodiazepines daily or almost daily;
- Use narcotics daily or almost daily;
- Diagnosis of substance use disorder in the past 3 months;
- History of severe head trauma with loss of consciousness or history of traumatic brain injury;
- History of neurological disorder;
- Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder;
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- Diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder;
- Have not had stable psychiatric medication for 6 months prior to study participation;
- Currently receiving counselling which targets trauma or sensory processing.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Investigating the Feasibility and Efficacy of a Novel Sensory-based Psychoeducation Program for Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
SENSE-PTSD is an randomized controlled trial (RCT) which will evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a novel, sensory-based psychoeducational program for improving psychological, functional, sensory, and cognitive outcomes in Canadian military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Read the detailed description
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that can happen after a person experiences an event that makes them feel extremely frightened or helpless (i.e., a traumatic event. Some examples of traumatic events include physical, sexual, or emotional abuse; automobile accidents; and military combat. Symptoms of PTSD typically include feeling overwhelmed by memories of the traumatic event, trying to avoid reminders of the traumatic event, feeling overly alert to danger, and experiencing difficulty regulating emotions. They can also include fluctuations in arousal in the body where one may feel high levels of arousal (e.g., increased heart rate, anxiety/stress, faster breathing) or low levels of arousal (e.g., decreased heart rate, numb, withdrawn). PTSD can hinder someone's ability to meet the demands of everyday life, including interacting with family, friends, and coworkers, which can in turn have negative consequences on their employment status, financial wellbeing, and bonds with others.
Engaging in military service can increase someone's risk for experiencing traumatic events. Examples of traumatic events commonly experienced by military personnel include severe injury, loss of life, and sexual misconduct (e.g., sexual harassment, gender discrimination), among others. While some treatments already exist for military personnel and veterans with PTSD, they tend to focus on the cognitive - or thought-based - symptoms of PTSD (e.g., gaps in memory, persistent negative thinking, difficulty with concentration and making plans), and can neglect physical or sensory regulation-based symptoms (e.g., muscle tension, shaking, crying, feeling restless, trouble sleeping).
This pilot study will examine a novel, virtual psychoeducational program called Sensory Strategies Training (SST). The main goal of this program is to provide military veterans with information and tools that they can use in their daily lives to reduce some of the PTSD symptoms mentioned above and expand the range of sensations they are able to tolerate, in effect increasing their overall ability to function in daily life. SST includes 5 one-on-one sessions with a trained clinician or graduate/post-graduate student in a mental health-related field, in which participants will learn about how PTSD symptoms may be affecting their lives and how to use sensory-based strategies to help reduce some of these symptoms. The main purpose of the current study is to inform our decision-making for a larger study that the investigators intend to conduct in the future. This larger study will explore how helpful SST is for improving PTSD symptoms in military veterans. The current pilot study will also explore this topic, but on a smaller scale.
Participants of the current study will be veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; both active service and reservist) with PTSD. They will be randomized to either a psychoeducation program group, in which they will receive SST for 5 weeks, or a waitlist control group, in which they will receive no PTSD treatment for the same amount of time. Participants in the waitlist control group will be offered SST once they are finished participating in this study. The investigators will compare changes in self-reported PTSD symptoms and sensory processing before and after participants take part in SST or spend the equivalent amount of time on a waitlist to determine whether the program is effective. The investigators will also compare results 3 months later, to determine if the effects of the program are sustained over time. The study will be conducted entirely virtually via Zoom, an online video conferencing platform.
Ultimately, SST may be helpful for regulating the physiological and emotional functioning of military veterans with PTSD to help them tolerate a range of sensations, feelings, thoughts, and memories in the present moment. It is expected that the knowledge and skills gained from the sensory-based strategies will help participants identify and communicate their needs effectively and organize their behaviours in order to improve daily functioning, family relationships, and their engagement with the community.
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Being tested
- Sensory Strategies Training
- Keywords
- sensory, psychoeducation, Canadian Armed Forces, PTSD, virtual, veteran
- Medical subject headings
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Sensory Strategies TrainingBehavioural
Also called SST
In SST, participants will be introduced to the concept of sensory processing in the context of PTSD and will learn about the ways in which difficulties in this area can impact their affective, cognitive, and functional outcomes. Participants will learn about the effects of PTSD symptoms on their ability to regulate stressful situations and engage in social interactions, as well as the benefits of physical activity and proper sleep hygiene. Participants will also identify functional goals (e.g., reduce sensation-avoiding, better regulate physical and emotional reactions to trauma reminders, increase sensory sensitivity, etc.) which they will aim to achieve with the knowledge and resources gained from SST. Throughout the program, participants will learn various strategies to help with movement, sleep, and interacting with others, and will have opportunities to practice the strategies identified as being relevant to their specific needs during their baseline sensory assessment.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Program group | Experimental | Participants in this group will receive five weekly sessions of Sensory Strategies Training (SST), facilitated by a trained clinician or graduate/post-graduate student in a health-related field. Receives: Behavioral: Sensory Strategies Training |
| Waitlist control group | No intervention | Participants in the waitlist control group will not receive SST or any other PTSD or sensory-processing treatments for the duration of the study. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Recruitment rate feasibility
Rate of recruitment per month.
Measured: 17 weeks
Eligibility criteria feasibility
Percentage of individuals who are deemed eligible to participate in the study out of the total number of individuals who complete the pre-screening survey.
Measured: 17 weeks
Length of completion of procedures feasibility
Time it takes to complete each study procedure.
Measured: 17 weeks
Location logistics
Issues that arise as a result of the virtual nature of the study.
Measured: 17 weeks
Attrition rates
Percentage of participants who drop out of SST.
Measured: 17 weeks
Attendance rates of program
Percentage of SST sessions attended per participant.
Measured: 17 weeks
Staff size feasibility
Facilitator feedback about how onerous their workload is.
Measured: 17 weeks
Communication feasibility
Research team feedback on whether communication between research team members is adequate.
Measured: 17 weeks
Secondary outcomes (14)
Sensory difficulties
Changes in performance on the Adult/Adolescent Sensory Profile (semi-structured interview) at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. Scores can range between 60 and 300 with higher scores denoting greater sensory difficulties.
Measured: 17 weeks
Occupational performance
Changes in performance on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (semi-structured interview) at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. Average performance and satisfaction scores are rated from 1 (poor performance/low satisfaction) to 10 (very good performance/high satisfaction). These scores are individually compared to prior scores at each time point (baseline, post-program and 3-month follow-up), with lower scores denoting greater sensory difficulties.
Measured: 17 weeks
PTSD symptomatology (structured interview)
Changes in performance on Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (structured interview) at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. Scores can range between 0 and 120 with higher scores denoting more severe PTSD symptomatology.
Measured: 17 weeks
Mental health symptomatology
Changes in performance on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (structured interview) at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview will be used to indicate whether participants have PTSD or meet criteria for other psychiatric diagnoses. Diagnoses are made on a pass-or-fail basis, not reliant on minimum or maximum scores.
Measured: 17 weeks
Depression, anxiety, and stress symptomatology
Changes in performance on Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21-item version at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. Scores can range between 0 and 42 with higher scores denoting higher depression, anxiety, and/or stress symptomatology.
Measured: 17 weeks
Dissociation
Changes in performance on the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. Scores can range between 0 and 120 with higher scores denoting higher dissociative symptomatology.
Measured: 17 weeks
PTSD symptomatology (checklist)
Changes in performance on the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. up. Scores can range between 0 and 80 with higher scores denoting higher PTSD symptomatology.
Measured: 17 weeks
Emotion regulation
Changes in performance on the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. up. Scores can range between 36 and 180 with higher scores denoting poorer emotion regulation.
Measured: 17 weeks
Sleep quality
Changes in performance on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. up. Scores can range between 0 and 21 with higher scores denoting poorer sleep quality.
Measured: 17 weeks
Moral injury
Changes in performance on the Moral Injury Events Scale at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up. up. Scores can range between 9 and 54 with lower scores denoting higher moral injury.
Measured: 17 weeks
Verbal short-term/working memory
Changes in performance on the Digit Span neuropsychological assessments from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up will be used to assess working memory. This task assesses working memory based on the average of digit sequences correctly remembered. Task difficulty dynamically varies based on the number of digits remembered, increasing or decreasing by 1 depending on whether the participants got the last trial correct. The test ends after 3 errors, with a maximum difficulty level of 25 and a minimum level of 2. The outcome measure is the maximum level achieved.
Measured: 17 weeks
Attention
Changes in performance on the Feature Match neuropsychological assessment from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up, will be used to assess attention. This task assesses attention based on one's ability to correctly identify similarities and differences between as many problems as possible within 90 seconds. The total score increases when participants respond correctly and decreases by the number of shapes in the current grid when participants respond incorrectly. The outcome measure is the total score.
Measured: 17 weeks
Response inhibition
Changes in performance on the Double Trouble neuropsychological assessment from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up, will be used to assess response inhibition. This task assesses response inhibition based on one's ability to make an appropriate response even when interference/distractors are present. To gain maximum points participants must solve as many problems as possible within 90 seconds, where the total score increases or decreases by 1 depending on if participants answer correctly or incorrectly. The outcome measure is the total score.
Measured: 17 weeks
Executive functioning
Changes in performance on the Spatial Planning neuropsychological assessment from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up, will be used to assess one's executive functioning. This task assesses executive functioning based on correctly solving specific problems in as few moves as possible within 3-minutes. After each trial, the total score is incremented by adding the minimum number of moves required multiplied by 2, minus the number of moves made. The outcome measure is the total score.
Measured: 17 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Mar 2023
- Study start1 May 2024
- Primary completion6 Feb 2026
- Study completion11 May 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Posttraumatic Stress DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Model description
- Participants will be randomized to a program group or a waitlist control group. Individuals in the waitlist control group will be offered the opportunity to participate in the program once they have completed the study.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 89 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- McMaster University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Margaret McKinnon, McMaster University
- Investigators
- Margaret McKinnon, PhD, Principal investigator, McMaster University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05766241
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 13743
- Acronym
- SENSE-PTSD
- Status last verified
- Aug 2026
- First submitted
- 28 Sep 2022
- Last updated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Jackson CE, Ciarleglio MM, Aslan M, Marx BP, Ko J, Concato J, Proctor SP, Vasterling JJ. Associations Among Increases in Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Neurocognitive Performance, and Long-Term Functional Outcomes in U.S. Iraq War Veterans. J Trauma Stress. 2021 Jun;34(3):628-640. doi: 10.1002/jts.22663. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
PubMed 33650202Watkins LE, Sprang KR, Rothbaum BO. Treating PTSD: A Review of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Interventions. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Nov 2;12:258. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00258. eCollection 2018.
PubMed 30450043Regier DA, Kuhl EA, Kupfer DJ. The DSM-5: Classification and criteria changes. World Psychiatry. 2013 Jun;12(2):92-8. doi: 10.1002/wps.20050.
PubMed 23737408
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Aug 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Investigating the Feasibility and Efficacy of a Novel Sensory-based Psychoeducation Program for Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05766241
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SENSE-PTSD / 13743
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Keywords
- sensory, psychoeducation, Canadian Armed Forces, PTSD, virtual, veteran
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 89 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- McMaster UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Study start
- 1 May 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 6 Feb 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 11 May 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
SENSE-PTSD is an randomized controlled trial (RCT) which will evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a novel, sensory-based psychoeducational program for improving psychological, functional, sensory, and cognitive outcomes in Canadian military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Detailed description
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that can happen after a person experiences an event that makes them feel extremely frightened or helpless (i.e., a traumatic event. Some examples of traumatic events include physical, sexual, or emotional abuse; automobile accidents; and military combat. Symptoms of PTSD typically include feeling overwhelmed by memories of the traumatic event, trying to avoid reminders of the traumatic event, feeling overly alert to danger, and experiencing difficulty regulating emotions. They can also include fluctuations in arousal in the body where one may feel high levels of arousal (e.g., increased heart rate, anxiety/stress, faster breathing) or low levels of arousal (e.g., decreased heart rate, numb, withdrawn). PTSD can hinder someone's ability to meet the demands of everyday life, including interacting with family, friends, and coworkers, which can in turn have negative consequences on their employment status, financial wellbeing, and bonds with others.
Engaging in military service can increase someone's risk for experiencing traumatic events. Examples of traumatic events commonly experienced by military personnel include severe injury, loss of life, and sexual misconduct (e.g., sexual harassment, gender discrimination), among others. While some treatments already exist for military personnel and veterans with PTSD, they tend to focus on the cognitive - or thought-based - symptoms of PTSD (e.g., gaps in memory, persistent negative thinking, difficulty with concentration and making plans), and can neglect physical or sensory regulation-based symptoms (e.g., muscle tension, shaking, crying, feeling restless, trouble sleeping).
This pilot study will examine a novel, virtual psychoeducational program called Sensory Strategies Training (SST). The main goal of this program is to provide military veterans with information and tools that they can use in their daily lives to reduce some of the PTSD symptoms mentioned above and expand the range of sensations they are able to tolerate, in effect increasing their overall ability to function in daily life. SST includes 5 one-on-one sessions with a trained clinician or graduate/post-graduate student in a mental health-related field, in which participants will learn about how PTSD symptoms may be affecting their lives and how to use sensory-based strategies to help reduce some of these symptoms. The main purpose of the current study is to inform our decision-making for a larger study that the investigators intend to conduct in the future. This larger study will explore how helpful SST is for improving PTSD symptoms in military veterans. The current pilot study will also explore this topic, but on a smaller scale.
Participants of the current study will be veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; both active service and reservist) with PTSD. They will be randomized to either a psychoeducation program group, in which they will receive SST for 5 weeks, or a waitlist control group, in which they will receive no PTSD treatment for the same amount of time. Participants in the waitlist control group will be offered SST once they are finished participating in this study. The investigators will compare changes in self-reported PTSD symptoms and sensory processing before and after participants take part in SST or spend the equivalent amount of time on a waitlist to determine whether the program is effective. The investigators will also compare results 3 months later, to determine if the effects of the program are sustained over time. The study will be conducted entirely virtually via Zoom, an online video conferencing platform.
Ultimately, SST may be helpful for regulating the physiological and emotional functioning of military veterans with PTSD to help them tolerate a range of sensations, feelings, thoughts, and memories in the present moment. It is expected that the knowledge and skills gained from the sensory-based strategies will help participants identify and communicate their needs effectively and organize their behaviours in order to improve daily functioning, family relationships, and their engagement with the community.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Participants will be randomized to a program group or a waitlist control group. Individuals in the waitlist control group will be offered the opportunity to participate in the program once they have completed the study.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Program group | Experimental | Behavioral: Sensory Strategies TrainingParticipants in this group will receive five weekly sessions of Sensory Strategies Training (SST), facilitated by a trained clinician or graduate/post-graduate student in a health-related field. |
| Waitlist control group | No intervention | –Participants in the waitlist control group will not receive SST or any other PTSD or sensory-processing treatments for the duration of the study. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- English-speaking adults between the ages of 18 and 65
- Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces (active service and/or reservist);
- Meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD on the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5);
- Able to provide written informed consent;
- Have access to a smart phone, tablet, or computer with a working microphone and camera;
Key exclusion criteria (9 listed)
- Use benzodiazepines daily or almost daily;
- Use narcotics daily or almost daily;
- Diagnosis of substance use disorder in the past 3 months;
- History of severe head trauma with loss of consciousness or history of traumatic brain injury;
- History of neurological disorder;
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Sensory Strategies TrainingAlso: SSTIn SST, participants will be introduced to the concept of sensory processing in the context of PTSD and will learn about the ways in which difficulties in this area can impact their affective, cognitive, and functional outcomes. Participants will learn about the effects of PTSD symptoms on their ability to regulate stressful situations and engage in social interactions, as well as the benefits of physical activity and proper sleep hygiene. Participants will also identify functional goals (e.g., reduce sensation-avoiding, better regulate physical and emotional reactions to trauma reminders, increase sensory sensitivity, etc.) which they will aim to achieve with the knowledge and resources gained from SST. Throughout the program, participants will learn various strategies to help with movement, sleep, and interacting with others, and will have opportunities to practice the strategies identified as being relevant to their specific needs during their baseline sensory assessment. | Behavioural | Program group |
Primary outcome
Recruitment rate feasibility
Time frame: 17 weeks
Rate of recruitment per month.
Eligibility criteria feasibility
Time frame: 17 weeks
Percentage of individuals who are deemed eligible to participate in the study out of the total number of individuals who complete the pre-screening survey.
Length of completion of procedures feasibility
Time frame: 17 weeks
Time it takes to complete each study procedure.
Location logistics
Time frame: 17 weeks
Issues that arise as a result of the virtual nature of the study.
Attrition rates
Time frame: 17 weeks
Percentage of participants who drop out of SST.
Attendance rates of program
Time frame: 17 weeks
Percentage of SST sessions attended per participant.
Staff size feasibility
Time frame: 17 weeks
Facilitator feedback about how onerous their workload is.
Communication feasibility
Time frame: 17 weeks
Research team feedback on whether communication between research team members is adequate.
14 secondary outcomes
Sensory difficulties
Time frame: 17 weeks
Occupational performance
Time frame: 17 weeks
PTSD symptomatology (structured interview)
Time frame: 17 weeks
Mental health symptomatology
Time frame: 17 weeks
Depression, anxiety, and stress symptomatology
Time frame: 17 weeks
Dissociation
Time frame: 17 weeks
PTSD symptomatology (checklist)
Time frame: 17 weeks
Emotion regulation
Time frame: 17 weeks
Sleep quality
Time frame: 17 weeks
Moral injury
Time frame: 17 weeks
Verbal short-term/working memory
Time frame: 17 weeks
Attention
Time frame: 17 weeks
Response inhibition
Time frame: 17 weeks
Executive functioning
Time frame: 17 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Aug 2026.
- Background: PubMed 33650202Jackson CE, Ciarleglio MM, Aslan M, Marx BP, Ko J, Concato J, Proctor SP, Vasterling JJ. Associations Among Increases in Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Neurocognitive Performance, and Long-Term Functional Outcomes in U.S. Iraq War Veterans. J Trauma Stress. 2021 Jun;34(3):628-640. doi: 10.1002/jts.22663. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
- Background: PubMed 30450043Watkins LE, Sprang KR, Rothbaum BO. Treating PTSD: A Review of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Interventions. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Nov 2;12:258. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00258. eCollection 2018.
- Background: PubMed 23737408Regier DA, Kuhl EA, Kupfer DJ. The DSM-5: Classification and criteria changes. World Psychiatry. 2013 Jun;12(2):92-8. doi: 10.1002/wps.20050.
- McKinnon Trauma and Recovery Lab websiteLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Margaret McKinnon, PhD principal investigator
McMaster University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Sensory Strategies Training in people with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, run by McMaster University at 1 site in Canada.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Recruitment rate feasibility (time frame: 17 weeks). The study lists 8 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05766241, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Aug 2026.