Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Pain Treatment in Gulf War Illness.
Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Gulf War Syndrome
In brief
The goal of this study is to investigate long-term modulation of pain pathways leading to a suppression of pain symptoms in Gulf War Illness patients by applying transcranial direct current stimulation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03547869
- Run by
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- People needed
- 9
- Starts
- 2018-03-12
- Expected to finish
- 2023-01-25
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-02-03
Who can join
Age: 45 and older, up to 78. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Male and female US military veterans serving during the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
- Men and women between the ages of 18 and 50 years old during service in the Gulf War (born between 1940 and 1973).
- English speakers.
You may not qualify if…
- Non-English speakers.
- History of a neurological disorder, including dementia of any type, moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), brain tumors, present or past drug abuse, stroke, blood vessel abnormalities in the brain, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, or multiple sclerosis. Traumatic brain injury will be screened by history.
- No subjects will be enrolled who are cognitively or clinically incompetent to give informed consent.
- Subjects cannot be taking medications that include: amphetamines, L-dopa, carbamazepine, sulpiride, pergolide, lorazepam, rivastigmine, dextromethorphan, D-cycloserine, flunarizine, ropinirole,or citalopram.
- Subjects with cardiac pacemakers, implanted medication pumps of any sort, or a history of bad heart disease, a history of seizures and/or family members with a history of seizures, and/or the presence of any metal objects in or near the head which cannot be safely removed for the duration of this study.
Where it is running
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States
- University of Texas at Dallas — Richardson, Texas, United States
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