Cereset Research Long-Term Healthcare Worker Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress, Anxiety, Autonomic Dysregulation, Acoustic Stimulation, Hyperarousal, Health Personnel

In brief

Randomized, controlled study of long-term maintenance Cereset Research after an initial 4-session intervention bolus versus usual care control following an initial 4-session intervention bolus.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05994261

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

94

Starts

2023-11-06

Expected to finish

2025-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Employed healthcare workers aged 18 years and older.
• Have availability and interest in participating in a 1 year study.
• Ability to comply with basic instructions and be able to sit still, comfortably during sessions.
• Experiencing symptoms of stress meeting threshold score on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS ≥ 14).

You may not qualify if…

• No internet access, as some visits collected electronically
• Unable, unwilling, or incompetent to provide informed consent.
• Physically unable to come to the study visits, or to sit still, comfortably in a chair for up to 1 hour.
• Severe hearing impairment (because the subject will be using ear buds during CR).
• Weight is over the chair limit (400 pounds).
• Currently enrolled in another active intervention research study.
• Prior use of: HIRREM, HIRREM-SOP, Brainwave Optimization (BWO), Cereset, Cereset Research, Cereset Home, or a wearable configuration of the same (B2, or B2v2).
• Prior use of the following modalities within one month before enrollment: electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), prior use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS), alpha stimulation, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), brain spotting, neurofeedback, biofeedback, or deep brain stimulation (DBS).
• Known seizure disorder.
• Thoughts of active suicide within the last 3 months.
• Current medical student.

Where it is running

• Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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