A Case Management Algorithm for Women Victims of Violence
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University Hospital, Lille
- Where
- France8 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 756 people, planned
- Started
- 6 Jul 2021
- Planned end
- Jul 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Vigitrauma
- Record updated
- 14 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Women
- 18 years and older
- Consultation requested in a clinical forensic medicine unit after being victim of violence
- The person was exposed to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence (PTSD criterion A - DSM -5)
- With social insurance
- Consent to participate to the study
Who cannot take part
- Do no consent to participate to the study
- Intrafamilial or intimate partner violence
- Do not speak french
This trial has no sites in United States.
It has sites in one country. Choose a country to see its sites.
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
A considerable body of research has demonstrated that women who are victims of interpersonal violence are at substantially elevated risk for the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In France, victims can request a medico-legal examination in a clinical forensic medicine unit. Although these units are also a place for initial psychological examination, women often don't attend future scheduled appointments. Decision-making algorithm using phone contact are effective in suicide prevention. Our aim is to assess the effectiveness of case management algorithm using early phone contact compared to a control group treated as usual on clinical outcome after consultation requested in a clinical forensic medicine unit by female victims of violence.
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Method: Prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial, for women victims of violence. Victims randomized in VIGITRAUMA group will be contacted by phone at 3 weeks after the consultation in a clinical forensic medicine unit, and a second phone call can be done. If the subject is not contacted after the second phone call, he will receive a postcard.
Control group will benefit from usual follow-up.
All the subjects included will be then evaluated at 3 months, 6 months and 1 year during a phone call.
The 2 groups in the trial
- VigitraumaTreatment being tested
Contact by phone at 3 weeks after the consultation in a clinical forensic medicine unit, and a second phone call if necessary. If the subject is not contacted after the second phone call, he will receive a postcard.
- Control groupNo study treatment, for comparison
Usual follow-up.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effectiveness of a Case Management Algorithm on Clinical Outcome After Consultations Requested in a Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit by Female Victims of Violence
- Record updated
- 14 May 2026