Mitigating PTSD-CUD After Sexual Assault
Eligible age
18+ yrs
Accepts
Women
Locations
5 states
Healthy volunteers
No
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About this study
683,000 women are sexually assaulted annually in the United States, half of whom develop chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and thus have markedly increased risk for cannabis use disorder (CUD). The current proposal will test the acceptability, initial efficacy, and mechanisms underlying a novel digital therapeutic targeting risk for PTSD-CUD, which could address the critical need for PTSD-CUD prevention for the 100,000 women who annually present for emergency care after sexual assault. In this research context, the applicant will receive key training in multisite, emergency-care based randomized clinical trials (RCTs), advanced statistical analyses for RCTs and ecological momentary assessment data, biobehavioral mechanisms underlying PTSD-CUD prevention, and professional development, launching her independent research career focused on reducing the public health burden of PTSD-CUD among sexual assault survivors by leveraging digital therapeutics.
Sponsor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
You may qualify if…
- ✓ 1. Women sexual assault survivors presenting for emergency care \<72 hours post-assault at 1 of our 4 emergency care sites
- ✓ 2. English speakers
- ✓ 3. 18+ years of age
- ✓ 4. Able to provide informed consent
- ✓ 5. Have a smartphone with continuous service \>1 year
- ✓ 6. Report \>1x/weekly cannabis use on a substance use screener
- ✓ 7. Report elevated AS (\>17 on the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3)
You may not qualify if…
- ✕ 1. Inability to provide informed consent (e.g., serious injury preventing the ability to hear, speak, or see to consent and participate, or other causes (e.g., diagnosed cognitive deficits, diagnosed dementia, asleep at time of screening)).
- ✕ 2. Prisoner
- ✕ 3. Currently pregnant
- ✕ 4. Lives with assailant and plans to continue to do so
- ✕ 5. Admitted patient
- ✕ 6. No mailing address
- ✕ 7. Previously enrolled
- ✕ 8. No sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) examination
Where it's recruiting
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT05989841 · last updated 2026-01-16