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Lead
Southern California Institute for Research and Education
Objectives:
1. Stellate ganglion blocks will be performed in a small sample (n = 12) of the local patient population that suffers from PTSD in order to replicate other preliminary findings.
2. The parameters that lead to a successful treatment response will be evaluated by comparing and contrasting the results obtained in younger (n=6) OEF/OIF generation veterans versus older (n=6) Vietnam generation veterans.
3. The individual difference variables that might lead to successful treatment responses will be studied by obtaining correlative measures of psychological and psychometric data and responses to standardized tests.
Research Design:
This is an open label unblinded clinical pilot case series study to determine the efficacy of stellate ganglion blockade for relief of PTSD symptoms in the Long Beach VA healthcare population.
Age
18–90
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Include significant PTSD symptoms with severe hyper-arousal symptoms.
Clinician Administered PTSD Scales (CAPS) score, with a total score ≥ 50 needed for enrollment.
Hyper-arousal severity identified by a high score on the CAPS D scale and a ≥ 10 beat per minute increase in heart rate during the subject's verbal recollection of a standardized version of their traumatic exposure.
You may not be if
Include psychiatric and medical conditions that would make patients poor candidates for an outpatient procedure.
Subjects must be able to be cooperative for the procedure and free of significant medical problems that would pose a constant threat to life.
Clareo Health | The Efficacy of Stellate Ganglion Block as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Therapy: A Pilot Study
