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Status unknownNCT03271437Updated Sep 7, 2017

Flash Open Trial With Therapists In Training

An interventional study of PC-based Flash and EMDR-based Flash in Trauma, Psychological, sponsored by Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-07.

Sponsored by Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2017), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200
Allocation
Non-randomized
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 51 studies in Psychological Trauma with a site in United States — 12 open to participants now, 14 under way, none of them phase 3. Psychological Trauma · United States.

Planned enrollment
12th of 42
200 · median 89
Started
2017
with 2 others
No phase
40 of 51
10 open now
Registered
8th of 51
by date
Lead sponsor
5 of 51
Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute

Among the 51 studies in Psychological Trauma with a site in United States, this one is the 12th largest by planned enrollment of the 42 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 3 that started in 2017, is one of 40 with no phase, and was the 8th registered.

Psychological Trauma

140 studies on the registry are indexed under Psychological Trauma; 43 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

12 of the 51 studies in Psychological Trauma with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 28 Psychological Trauma studies recruiting now, 12 (43%) set no upper age limit and 14 (50%) stop at 75 or younger; 9 take children under 18; 10 take healthy volunteers.

This study: all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

This study will test the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) based Flash technique and a progressive counting (PC) based variant. EMDR-trained therapists will be trained in the standard Flash, and PC-trained therapists will be trained in PC Flash. In each group they will try it with a minor upsetting memory, and then with two more significant upsetting memories. Participants will use the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) to rate distress pre- and post-treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Trauma, Psychological

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Therapist trained by Trauma Institute \& Child Trauma Institute in EMDR or PC
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PC-trained therapists

    Behavioral: PC-based Flash

  • Experimental
    EMDR-trained therapists

    Behavioral: EMDR-based Flash

Interventions

  • BehavioralPC-based Flash

    Progressive counting with Flash technique

  • BehavioralEMDR-based Flash

    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with Flash technique

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in SUDS following treatment

    Subjective units of distress scale

    Time frame: Pre-treatment, immediately post-treatment, one week post-treatment, and one month post-treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute
    Northampton, Massachusetts 01060, United States
    Recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Sep 2017; primary completion for Nov 2017, 2 months later.

Of 82 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Psychological Trauma, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 46. This study's planned 2 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 83 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 46.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 31, 2017
First posted
Sep 5, 2017
StartEst.
Sep 15, 2017
Primary completionEst.
Nov 30, 2017
CompletionEst.
Nov 30, 2017
Last update
Sep 7, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 7, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03271437
Lead sponsor
Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 5, 2017
Start date
Sep 15, 2017 (estimated)
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 30, 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 7, 2017

Study contacts

Ricky Greenwald, PsyD
Contact
cti@childtrauma.com
413-774-2340
Ricky Greenwald, PsyD
principal investigator · Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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