# Fear and Avoidance in PTSD Patients

> **NCT04770584** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston** · enrollment: 300 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Fear Conditioning
- **OTHER:** Avoidance conditioning
- **OTHER:** Pavlovian fear extinction learning
- **OTHER:** Willingness to pay to avoid shock

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04770584
- **Lead sponsor:** The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2021-09-09
- **Primary completion:** 2028-01
- **Final completion:** 2028-01
- **Target enrollment:** 300 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-05

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04770584

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04770584, "Fear and Avoidance in PTSD Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04770584. Licensed CC0.

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