Biomarker Establishment for Superior Treatment of PTSD



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 60
Updated:11/19/2017
Start Date:September 2016
End Date:September 2019
Contact:Amit Etkin, MD, PhD
Email:aetkin@stanford.edu
Phone:(650)498-5151

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
The purpose of Biomarker Establishment for Superior Treatment of PTSD is to accelerate
research on the discovery of biological, neurological and neuroimaging markers for Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The investigators hope to validate and extend the network
efficiency and verbal memory biomarker for PTSD. The investigators hope to learn whether
there are pretreatment biological factors that can predict response to therapy. They want to
do this by understanding the brain network function, relating EEG to functional magnetic
resonance imaging, and application of network analysis tool.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of PTSD by VA clinicians and acceptance into PE or CPT treatment as part of
the PCT

- Veterans of any era

Exclusion Criteria:

- MRI safety contraindications

- Active, uncontrolled medical illness

- Acute suicidality

- Current substance dependence

- Current use of thyroid medication or active hyper/hypothyroidism

- Neurological disorder affecting the CNS Seg stroke, epilepsy, tumorW or penetrating
head injury

- Use of PRN within 48 hours of the MRI/EEG
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VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS)
Palo Alto, California 94304
Phone: 650-493-5000
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New Mexico VA Health Care System
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
Phone: 505-265-1711
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