eTMS for Veterans and First Responders With PTSD

Description

A battery of physiological and behavioral data will be collected before and after application of eTMS. Participants will be veterans or first responders diagnosed with PTSD. Study will be a double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel group, randomized clinical trial.

Conditions

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

A battery of physiological and behavioral data will be collected before and after application of eTMS. Participants will be veterans or first responders diagnosed with PTSD. Study will be a double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel group, randomized clinical trial.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (eTMS) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

eTMS for Veterans and First Responders With PTSD

Condition
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Roanoke

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, United States, 24016

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Veteran or first responder
  • * diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder with PCL-5 cutoff of 31 or above
  • * Claustrophobia
  • * Contraindications to MRI
  • * Pregnant
  • * Uncontrolled medical, psychological, or neurological conditions
  • * Unable to calculate EEG alpha frequency
  • * History of ECT or rTMS
  • * History of intracranial lesion or increased intracranial pressure
  • * History of stroke
  • * History of other neurologic conditions
  • * Family history of epilepsy
  • * Personal history of epilepsy
  • * certain medications

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,

Wynn Legon, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Study Record Dates

2026-04