Attachment and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military... | NCT06996275

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Attachment and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Personnel: Characterization of the French Military Population, Exploration of Biopsychosocial Factors, and Study of the Impact of Security Priming on Emotional Contagion Capacities

NCT06996275

Sponsor

Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées

Status

Not yet recruiting

Last Update Posted

May 30, 2025Actual

Enrollment

94Estimated

Phase

Not provided

Conditions

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Emotional Contagion

Interventions

Not provided

Countries

Not provided

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

ID	Type	Description	Link
2025-A00068-41	Other Identifier	ID-RCB

Status Module

Record Verification Date

May 2025

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Not yet recruiting

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

May 27, 2025Estimated

Primary Completion Date

Dec 31, 2025Estimated

Completion Date

Dec 31, 2025Estimated

First Submitted Date

May 21, 2025

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

May 21, 2025

First Posted Date

May 30, 2025Actual

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

May 21, 2025

Last Update Posted Date

May 30, 2025Actual

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Is FDA Regulated Device

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a pathology that impairs the quality of life of sufferers. In military personnel, it can lead to military incapacity. This psychopathology is characterized by confrontation with one or more traumatic events in the individual's life history. Symptoms include cognitive and mood disorders, avoidance, hyperactivation (hypervigilance and anger) and intrusions (flashbacks and nightmares).

Studies show that the prevalence of PTSD in military personnel fluctuates considerably from one situation to another (pre-deployment/post-deployment, etc.). In these at-risk populations, the often more complex PTSD clinic may also account for the heterogeneity of prevalences observed. Nevertheless, PTSD tends to become chronic in military personnel, making it particularly difficult to return to a "previous" state. In French casualties, beyond the symptoms already mentioned, complaints focus on difficulties in social interaction situations involving others in social life (attachment style to others) and in everyday life (public transport, supermarket shopping, social interactions, presence of crowds...).

In the context of post-traumatic stress disorder, we would like to explore the processes of social cognition that enable people to interact in their environment, in relation to biological, psychosocial and physiological variables that may constitute risk or maintenance factors for the pathology.

Detailed Description

Not provided

Design Module

Study Type

Observational

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not provided

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Not provided

Intervention Model

Biospecimen

Retention

Enrollment

94Estimated

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
PTSD-group		military personnel or veterans suffering from PTSD
no PTSD-group		military on active duty without PTSD

Interventions

Not provided

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
To characterize attachment styles within a military population by comparing a group of military personnel without PTSD (No-PTSD Group) with a group of military personnel with PTSD (PTSD Group).	Our primary outcome measure involves a comparison of the proportions of individuals exhibiting a secure attachment style versus an insecure attachment style (including the subtypes anxious-avoidant, anxious-ambivalent, and disorganized) between the two groups.	One visit study

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria Common to Both Groups:

Volunteers who agreed to participate in the study and provided written consent
Affiliated with social security
Proficient in the French language

Inclusion Criteria Specific to the "Military Personnel with PTSD" Group:

Military personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder related to their duties
Participants in activities offered by the wounded service support units

Exclusion Criteria:

Adults subject to a protective measure
Refusal to participate in the study
Unrectified Legionnaires

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

65 Years

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

No-PTSD Group: Military personnel without PTSD will be recruited from within an infantry regiment of the army.

PTSD Group: Military personnel with PTSD will be recruited during workshops conducted by the CABAT (Cellule d'Aide aux Blessés de l'Armée de Terre - Army Wounded Support Unit) in 2025 and 2026.

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Extension	Email
Anaïs Duffaud, PhD	Contact	0033 1 78 65 13 15		anais.duffaud@intradef.gouv.fr

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Anaïs Duffaud, PhD	Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées	Study Director

Locations

Not provided

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
42100750	Derived	Miquel A, Chan W, Rouquet C, Mison J, Jolly M, Coutan M, Ferhani O, Trousselard M, Duffaud AM. Attachment and post-traumatic stress disorder in french military personnel: characterization and exploration of biopsychosocial factors - the at-home study protocol. MethodsX. 2026 Apr 22;16:103924. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2026.103924. eCollection 2026 Jun.

ID	Term
D040921	Stress Disorders, Traumatic
D000068099	Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
D001523	Mental Disorders