Status:
TERMINATED
Neural Correlates of Early Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Lead Sponsor:
Foundation for Atlanta Veterans Education and Research, Inc.
Collaborating Sponsors:
Emory University
Conditions:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Background: Innovation: Over 150,000 soldiers are currently deployed in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and 12% of returning OIF veterans have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Rese...
Detailed Description
Study Design: Subjects returning from Iraq who meet criteria for early PTSD (N=160) will be included in the study with a recruitment goal of 144 completers. A group of 80 healthy subjects with a histo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female veterans age 18-50
- Returned from Iraq Theater within the past six months
- Screen positive for PTSD related to Iraq deployment based on the PTSD Checklist
- Confirmed with PTSD based on the CAPS, including one month duration of symptoms
- Being discharged from active service from Iraq
- Provide written informed consent
Exclusion
- History of loss of consciousness of more than one minute
- Psychotropic medication use within the previous four weeks
- History (based on the SCID) of lifetime or current alcohol or substance abuse/dependence, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder.
- Positive urine toxicology screen
- History of pre-deployment-related PTSD or partial PTSD based on the CAPS
- History of PTSD or partial PTSD related to a prior deployment
- Serious medical or neurological illness
- Pregnancy
- History of asthma
- Steroid usage, both inhaled and oral
- Seizure disorder
- Prenatal/perinatal substance exposure or trauma.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00665678
Start Date
April 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2012
Last Update
July 11 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30306