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Phase 3 study for people with PTSD
Recruiting Phase 3
This trial at a glance
Where this trial is running
| Site | City | State or country | Status at this site |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Melbourne | Carlton | VIC | Recruiting |
| Deakin University | Geelong | VIC | Recruiting |
| Austin Health | Heidelberg | VIC | Recruiting |
| Ramsay Clinic Albert Road | Melbourne | VIC | Recruiting |
voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice
Who can join
The official eligibility criteria
Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Aged 18 years or over.
2. Fluent in English.
3. Meet DSM-5 criteria for PTSD, irrespective of occupation (e.g. first responder, police officer, ex-military or civilian), determined using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview 7.0.2.
4. Have a score on the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) equal to or over 33.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Are currently serving in the Australian Defence Force
2. Lifetime history of a psychotic or bipolar disorder, or dissociative identity disorder.
3. Moderate or severe alcohol or other substance use disorder within 3 months of screening.
4. Active suicidal or homicidal ideation.
5. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
6. Acute or unstable medical illness or other significant medical condition, that would make participation in the trial unsafe or inappropriate.
7. Pregnancy, lactation or unwillingness to use an acceptable method of contraception (required for both males and females who are of reproductive potential and sexually active with partners of the opposite sex) through the duration of participants' involvement in the study up to and including week 16. Participants will also be advised not to donate eggs or sperm during the study period.
8. Commencement of a trauma-focussed psychotherapy (including Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) within 3 months of screening.
9. Commencement or change in dose of psychoactive medications within 4 weeks of screening.
10. Participants will be asked not to initiate psychotherapy or change the dose of psychoactive medications during the course of the study except in clinically urgent circumstances; if this becomes necessary, a decision will be made on a case-by-case basis with regard to retaining the participant or terminating their participation.
11. Severe acquired brain injury.
12. Individual is not eligible for public mental health services due to their visa status in Australia or for any other reason.
13. Any other condition that in the opinion of the research team is likely to make completion of the trial requirements infeasible.
14. Inability to understand or speak English to the extent necessary to give informed consent and complete the trial (researcher or clinician-determined).
Dates on the record
Results, publications and the official record
- No results are posted on the official record yet.
- No publications are listed on the official record yet.
- Official record and contacts on ClinicalTrials.gov – contact details for each site are kept there, and are not copied onto this page.
Sources and dates
- ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
- ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 18 December 2025.
- This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.
Voxsanity reformats data from public registries into this layout. It does not edit, interpret or add to what the registry published.
Not medical advice.
Individual trial records are refreshed on a rolling basis rather than all at once, so a record may be up to several weeks old. Each trial page and trial card shows the date its own record was last synced. Where a record has lagged, its status, sites and enrolment can differ from the current registry state in either direction, so check the registry link on the trial page before acting on them.
Letter for your doctor
A one-page summary of this trial to print or email to your GP. It carries the registry's own record of the trial and its eligibility criteria, and nothing Voxsanity has written about whether it suits you.