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Cervical Plexus Hydrodissection With D5W Versus NS for Treatment-Resistant PTSD

ConditionPTSD
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19-90
SponsorDr. Dean Reeves Clinic

About this trial

PTSD is a chronic mental health condition that drastically reduces an individual's quality of life Dextrose injection with a small needle has been used for chronic pain patients and observational results have shown it to be effective in reducing anxiety, brain fog, and depression in patients with PTSD. This randomized trial will compare dextrose injection with an injection control of normal saline (NS)

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Not involved in another study of PTSD treatment

Reliable transportation

Comfortable with computers

Tried 2 or more medications for treatment of PTSD symptoms

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Dextrose 5% in water bilateral injection

    Drug

    Injection under the investing fascia of the sternocleidomastoid muscle

  • Normal saline bilateral injection

    Drug

    Injection under the investing fascia of the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: D5W cervical plexus hydrodissectionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Normal saline cervical plexus hydrodissectionActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Post traumatic checklist for civilians

Minimum 17 Maximum 85 Higher scores mean worse outcome

Time frame
3 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Hospital anxiety and depression scale

Minimum 0 Maximum 42 Higher scores mean worse outcome

Time frame
3 months
2

EuroQol Visual Analog Scale (0-100 overall quality of life)

Minimum 0 Maximum 100 Higher scores mean better outcome

Time frame
3 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Dr. Dean Reeves Clinic

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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