Enhancing Veteran-Clinical Collaboration in VA PRRCs

Part of paid clinical trials in San Diego, California.

Sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Study ID
NCT06898879
Status
Not Yet Recruiting

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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Collaborative Decision Skills Training — BEHAVIORAL
    An ten-session group-based skills training intervention that focuses on treatment-related decision-making in order to facilitate improved engagement in decision-making processes. CDST teaches assertiveness skills, problem solving, goal planning, and conflict negotiation, within the context of treatment planning and decision-making. Each session is 60 minutes long.
  • Leveling Up — BEHAVIORAL
    An ten-session group intervention that focuses on psychoeducation, befriending, and Veteran to Veteran support. Each session is 60 minutes long.

Study Details

Over 60% of Veterans with serious mental illness have a service-connected disability that impairs their ability to work, go to school, and/or have successful personal lives. Although traditional treatments tend to focus on symptom remission, Veterans prioritize a range of treatment goals, including personal empowerment and gaining personally meaningful skills. Increasing Veteran-clinician collaboration can help effectively align care with each Veteran's goals and support an empowering therapeutic experience. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of a group-based intervention intended to increase Veterans' comfort, confidence, knowledge, and skills to collaborate with their treatment teams. Findings from this study will contribute important knowledge about this intervention's effectiveness and how to enhance its effectiveness, especially for Veterans from minoritized groups. If the decision-making intervention is effective, it would help Veterans with serious mental illness, and might also help Veterans with other chronic health conditions, like PTSD and chronic pain.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 1, 2026
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Apr 3, 2028
Completion
Sep 30, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
119 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Collaborative Decision Skills Training
    Collaborative Decision Skills Training (CDST) is the intervention group (experimental arm).
  • Active Comparator: Leveling Up
    Leveling Up is the active control arm.

Primary Outcome Measure

Shared Decision-Making Coding System [ Time Frame: Baseline to 3-month follow-up ]

Central Contacts

Locations (3)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CASan DiegoCalifornia92161-0002
Emily Treichler, PhD
[email protected]
858-552-8585
Emily Treichler, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CAWest Los AngelesCalifornia90073-1003
Sonya Gabrielian, MD
[email protected]
213-503-5519
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NMAlbuquerqueNew Mexico87108-5153
Kate Belon, PhD
[email protected]
505-265-1711

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