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HIRREM in Military Personnel

NCT03230890 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2023-08-14

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects associated with the use of in-office High-resolution, relational, resonance-based, electroencephalic mirroring (HIRREM) for participants with symptoms of military-related traumatic stress. This is a single site, non-randomized, open label pilot study. Outcome measures collected before, and after the intervention evaluate effects on self-reported symptoms, autonomic cardiovascular regulation, functional measures, blood and saliva biomarkers of stress and inflammation, and network connectivity on whole brain, rest MRI testing. Self-reported symptom outcomes will also be collected remotely at 1, 3, and 6 months after completion of intervention. The study will assess feasibility in this cohort, focused on the Special Operations community, will provide estimates of effect size, and durability of symptom changes, while providing important pilot data for future proposals and investigations.

Conditions

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

DEVICE

HIRREM

HIRREM is a closed-loop, allostatic, acoustic stimulation neurotechnology intended to support auto-calibration of neural oscillations. The core technology is commercially available as a technique for relaxation. Scalp sensors monitor brain frequencies and amplitudes, and in real time, software algorithms translate specific frequencies into audible tones of varying pitch. These are reflected via earbuds in as little as 4-8 milliseconds. The in-office intervention for this study is administered as a series of up to twenty four, typically 1.5-2 hours sessions, comprised of 4-10 protocols (some eyes open, some eyes closed), lasting 6-40 minutes each, working at different scalp locations. Sessions are received over 12 days. Two sessions can be done in a half day. The intervention is received while comfortably seated in a zero gravity chair.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brain State Technologies, LLC

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles H Tegeler, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-16
Primary Completion
2021-04-30
Completion
2021-04-05
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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