PTSD Clinical Trial Participant Demographics from 550 RCTs

Aggregating metadata from 550 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for PTSD treatments conducted between January 1, 1988 and April 1, 2024. It was compiled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to analyze the demographic composition of trial participants and assess the generalizability of research findings.

Use Cases

• Analyze participant demographics across 550 PTSD clinical trials to assess sample representativeness.
• Study the distribution of PTSD treatment types tested in RCTs over a 36-year period.
• Investigate temporal trends in clinical trial design and participant recruitment from 1988 to 2024.

Strengths

• Includes 550 randomized controlled trials, providing a substantial sample for meta-analysis.
• Covers a long temporal range of 36 years, from 1988 to 2024.
• Compiled by the authoritative United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Limitations

• The specific columns, sample data, and participant-level details are unknown, limiting granular analysis.
• The dataset's focus on RCTs may exclude other forms of clinical research on PTSD.
• Geographic coverage of the included trials is unspecified, which could indicate a spatial bias.

Provenance

Source

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, via ICPSR Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Aggregation of metadata from published randomized controlled trials.

Time Range

January 1, 1988 through April 1, 2024.

Freshness

The metadata was last updated on February 23, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.