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Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) for Soldiers With Combat-Related Symptoms

NCT00866411 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2009-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this double-blind randomized control research study is to determine if CES given in a group setting for soldiers experiencing irritability is effective to reduce the symptom of irritability.

Conditions

  • Combat Related Symptoms
  • Irritability
  • Anger

Interventions

PROCEDURE

cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) with Alpha-Stim

three weeks of the cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) treatment (15 sessions of 60 minute treatments)

PROCEDURE

placebo

three weeks of placebo treatment via a double-blinded procedure so that neither the Soldier nor the study investigators will know whether the Soldier is receiving the actual treatment or placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brooke Army Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Mona O Bingham, PhD · Brooke Army Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-05-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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