Longitudinal Impact of Stressors in Adults With Tourette Syndrome

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Conditions studied: Tourette Syndrome

In brief

The Investigators propose a two-year, longitudinal pilot study of TS adults (\>18) to determine impact of lifetime environmental stress exposure on tic severity, psychiatric comorbidity severity, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04851678

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

140

Starts

2021-09-30

Expected to finish

2027-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adults (>18) meeting Diagnostic and Statistics Manual, 5th edition (DSM-V) criteria for Tourette syndrome, chronic motor tic disorder, or chronic vocal tic disorder
• ability to provide informed consent
• English proficiency

You may not qualify if…

• significant medical, neurologic, or psychiatric diagnoses (e.g. uncontrolled epilepsy, chronic heart failure, schizophrenia) besides TS and its commonly co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States (enrolling)

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