Recruiting

Man Therapy

Sponsor:

University of Colorado, Denver

Code:

NCT07604701

Conditions

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)

Traumatic Brain Injury

Anger

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Man Therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if an interactive digital solution, Man Therapy, reduces indices of problematic anger in male military service members who screen positive for problematic anger.

The man questions this study aims to answer are:

  • Does Man Therapy reduce indices of problematic anger?
  • Does Man Therapy reduce psychosocial correlates of anger?

Researchers will also examine if the effects of those aims differ based on a participant's history of a mild TBI, the mechanism of a primary mild TBI, and/or the number of mild TBIs.

Researchers will compare Man Therapy to a waitlist control. This will help determine if Man Therapy works better than no treatment.

Participants will:

  • Complete a baseline survey
  • Be randomized to intervention or waitlist control
  • If randomized to intervention, participants will receive the intervention and complete a survey immediately after the intervention and at 1-, and 3-months following the intervention
  • If randomized to waitlist control, participants complete surveys at 1-, and 3-months and have the opportunity to complete the intervention following the 3-month survey

Conditions

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)

Traumatic Brain Injury

Anger

Study ID

NCT07604701

Start date

Sep 1, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Dec 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov 30, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Military service member
  • Identify as male
  • Aged 18+ years
  • Positive problematic anger screen (DAR-3 >8)
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English
  • Currently located in the U.S.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active psychosis or acute mania necessitating clinical intervention
  • Acute thoughts of self- or other-harm necessitating imminent clinical intervention (e.g., hospitalization)
  • Expect to be deployed outside of the continental United States in the next 3 months
  • Unable to provide informed consent

Study Design

Enrollment

226 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Man Therapy

Behavioral: Man Therapy

Participants randomized to this arm will be offered Man Therapy, which is an interactive digital solution designed to reduce problematic anger.

no intervention: Waitlist Control

Waitlist Control:

Waitlist controls will be offered Man Therapy after the 3-month follow-up assessment. Using a waitlist control facilitates a comparison between the immediate effects of the Man Therapy intervention on problematic anger and co-occurring conditions and the natural progression of the conditions without intervention, as well as providing the control group with access to the intervention.

Interventions

Man Therapy

Man Therapy is an interactive digital solution that uses humor and straightforward language to circumvent traditional barriers to accessing mental health care, such as stigma. A core Man Therapy module focuses on anger, helping recipients to understand its causes and associated mitigating and potentiating factors, as well as teaching recipients accessible, easy-to-implement anger mitigation strategies, such as cognitive retraining and paced breathing. Participants will be given a list of content regarding anger to view and interact with in the Man Therapy website and encourages to explore the website further. They will then review and interact with materials for at least 20 minutes and up to 45 minutes in a single session.

Primary outcome measure

  • State Anger (S-Anger) Subscale as Measured by State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2) [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the completion of a 3-month follow-up assessment. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Dr. Ian Stanley PhD

720-848-6777ManTherapy@cuanschutz.edu

Julia Finn, MPH

720-848-6777ManTherapy@cuanschutz.edu

Locations

Fort Carson

Recruiting

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80913

Contacts

Julia Finn, MPH

720-848-6777emed_stanleylab@cuanschutz.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Last update posted

Sep 16, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Keywords

  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Anger

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-18. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Colorado, Denver on 2026-09-16.