Recruiting

TMS

Sponsor:

White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Code:

NCT00134446

Conditions

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

transcranial magnetic stimulation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine if transcranial magnetic stimulation at 1 HZ to the right frontal cortex will decrease the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Conditions

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Study ID

NCT00134446

Start date

Mar, 2004

Status verified date

Mar, 2005

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • PTSD diagnosis on standardized assessment
  • Medically stable
  • Eligible veteran of United States (US) military

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active substance abuse
  • History of seizures
  • Metal in head or neck

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

transcranial magnetic stimulation

Primary outcome measure

  • Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) [ Time Frame: undefined ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Bradley V Watts, MD

802-295-9363bradley.v.watts@dartmouth.edu

Locations

White River Junction VAMC

Recruiting

White River Junction, Vermont, United States, 05001

Contacts

Bradley V Watts, MD

802-295-9363bradley.v.watts@dartmouth.edu

Principal Investigator:

Bradley V Watts, MD

More Information

Sponsor

White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Last update posted

Oct 30, 2005

Last verified

Mar, 2005

Keywords

  • post traumatic stress disorder
  • PTSD
  • trauma
  • transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • randomized clinical trial

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center on 2005-10-30.