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The Efficacy of Stellate Ganglion Block as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Therapy: A Pilot Study

NCT01533610 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2012-02-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: A stellate ganglion nerve block may help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

PURPOSE: This pilot clinical trial is studying the efficacy of a stellate ganglion nerve block in veterans to reduce the symptoms of PTSD in relatively long-standing (Vietnam era) induced or relatively recently induced PTSD (from deployment in Afghanistan or Iraq as part of Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF), Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and New Dawn (OND).

Conditions

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Stellate ganglion block

Local anesthesia applied to the stellate ganglion in the neck

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Southern California Institute for Research and Education

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael T Alkire, MD · Long Beach VA Healthcare system

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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