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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Among Military Personnel

NCT00320138 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2012-01-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among military personnel.

Conditions

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture, using Chinese Medicine methodology

4 weeks of 2/week treatments (8 total); 4 standardized and 4 individualized treatments

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal government (congressional allocation)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles C Engel, MD, MPH · USUHS Dept. of Psychiatry/DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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