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Sleep Health Intervention for Veterans With PTSD

This study is testing a new sleep health program called TranS-C for PTSD. It's designed for U.S. military Veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sleep problems like insomnia and nightmares. The TranS-C program uses a flexible, patient-centered approach with proven strategies to improve sleep and daily functioning. Researchers want to see if this modified program helps Veterans with PTSD better than standard sleep education. They will measure how much your daily functioning improves using a tool called the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS). The study aims to enroll 182 participants, but its current status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study comparing two behavioral approaches for sleep health. It is a randomized, controlled clinical trial that plans to enroll 182 participants.
What's involved
You would be willing to engage in 8-12 sessions of the intervention. Your daily functioning will be measured at the start, at Week 5, after treatment, and at 3-month and 6-month follow-ups.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 6 months after treatment.

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NCT06549049

A Transdiagnostic Sleep Health Intervention for Veterans With PTSD

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
VA Office of Research and Development
~182 participants
Updated 2026-06-08 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:TranS-C for PTSDSleep Psychoeducation Control

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)
Measured over Week 0, Week 5, Post-Treatment, 3-Month Follow-Up, 6-Month Follow-Up

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
California1

Study leadership

  • Anne Richards, MD MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Who to contact

Emily J Berg
[email protected]
(415) 900-6016
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

U.S. Military Veteran aged 18 and above engaged in VA primary and/or mental health care
CAPS 5 PTSD diagnosis; or CAPS 5 score \>=25 in the absence of full criteria
SCID Insomnia Disorder diagnosis, supported by ISI score \>=10
CAPS-IV nightmare score \>=4
Sleep-related functional impairment based on a WHODAS score \>=32
Willingness to engage in 8-12 sessions of treatment to address their sleep disturbance

Exclusion

Current cognitive problems, active psychosis or mania, or other mental/cognitive conditions such as moderate to severe neurodegenerative disease that would render the participant unable to connect to videoconferencing platform, engage in remote psychotherapy, or communicate using the required VA secure email platform
No access to reliable internet service connected to a computer, iPad or similar device (telephone not adequate)
Inability or unwillingness to use a VA-approved videoconferencing platform and VA secure email;
Current engagement in a sleep-focused psychotherapy, or plan to start a sleep-focused psychotherapy in the next 3 months. Sleep-focused psychotherapies include, but are not limited to, CBT-I, BBT-I, and IRT

What this trial measures

  • World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)Week 0, Week 5, Post-Treatment, 3-Month Follow-Up, 6-Month Follow-Up

    The WHODAS is a validated, comprehensive measure of health-related disability.