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NCT06730867Completed

Piloting Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy in People Living With HIV and Trauma

Piloting Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in People Living With HIV and Trauma

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Jun 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy is a time-limited trauma-response therapy that treats symptoms of stress that result disturbing life experiences. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy has been used to treat trauma-related symptoms for people living with HIV. People living with HIV tend to experience higher psychiatric morbidity rates of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms than the general population. However, even with case studies of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy on people living with HIV, there is no definitive protocol for the clinician as they navigate the therapy. This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy protocol tailored for people living with HIV and trauma. 20 people living with HIV will be recruited to participate in an eight-week Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy. The therapy will be focused on assessing the viability of an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing protocol that is specified for people living with HIV.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
14 (actual)
First submitted
20 Nov 2024
Start date
Jul 2024
Primary completion date
Apr 2025
Lead sponsor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Diseases
HIV
NCT number
NCT06730867

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 14
  • From Jul 2024 to the primary completion date, Apr 2025
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • have previously received EMDR therapy.

Other illness

  • diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder

Other

  • have current suicidal ideation
  • diagnosis with schizophrenia
  • have active psychosis
  • have current severe major depression

Who the study is looking for

  • Individuals that have lived with HIV for over a year.
  • Age 18 or older
  • Have experienced any type of trauma in their lifetime (for example: physical abuse, verbal abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, mental illness, substance addiction, imprisonment, witnessing or experiencing violence, natural disasters)

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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NashvilleUnited StatesUnknown status

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