Exercise and Behavioral Therapy Trial (EBT).
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Persian Gulf Syndrome
In brief
This trial is a study of Gulf War era veterans who have unexplained chronic medical symptoms such as pain, fatigue, and/or cognitive difficulties. The treatments to be studied, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and aerobic exercise, have been shown to be effective in alleviating symptoms in individuals with other similar types of illnesses, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. This is a Phase 3, 2X2 factorial designed study. All study participants are assigned to one of four treatment groups - CBT and aerobic exercise, aerobic exercise alone, CBT alone or usual and customary care. This study durations is 28 months; 1092 participants were enrolled and will be followed in clinic at 3, 6 and 12 months after enrollment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00007748
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 1064
- Starts
- 1999-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2001-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-06-26
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Birmingham Vamc Birmingham Vamc — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Birmingham Vamc — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Naval Health Research Center, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- Naval Health Research Center, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- Naval Health Research Center, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- San Francisco Vamc — San Francisco, California, United States
- VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven — West Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Georgetown University Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Uniformed Services University — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Boston Vamc — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Boston Vamc — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- John Cochran VAMC, Saint Louis — St Louis, Missouri, United States
- VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange — East Orange, New Jersey, United States
- Vamc - Albuquerque — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- New York Harbor VA Healthcare System, Brooklyn Campus — Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Fargo Vamc — Fargo, North Dakota, United States
- Vamc - Dayton — Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Portland Vamc — Portland, Oregon, United States
- Philadelphia Vamc — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Houston Vamc — Houston, Texas, United States
- Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- White River Junction Vamc — Burlington, Vermont, United States
- White River Junction Vamc — White River Jct., Vermont, United States
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