Long Term Efficacy of Neuronavigation Guided rTMS in Alleviating Gulf War Illness Related Headaches and Pain Symptoms
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- End date
- Sep 30, 2022
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- participants needed
- 150
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- sponsor
- Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Summary
This study aims to look at the long term efficacy of using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in relieving Gulf War Illness related headaches and pain.
Description
Headaches (HA), muscle and joint pain, are some of the most common debilitating symptoms in military personnel served in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War (GW1). Migraine like HA and diffuse body pain were detected in 64% of Gulf War Veteran (GWV) diagnosed with Gulf War Illness (GWI). Unfortunately, conventional pharmacological treatments for GWI-related pain has not been shown to be effective and drugs such as narcotics contain many long term untoward psychosomatic and abusive side effects. This study is assessing the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), non-invasive treatment option, in alleviating headaches, muscle, and joint pain symptoms of GWI.
Details
| Condition | Gulf War Syndrome, Gulf War Illness, Headache, Muscle Pain, Joint Pain |
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| Treatment | transcranial magnetic stimulation, Sham Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT04182659 |
| Sponsor | Veterans Medical Research Foundation |
| Last Modified on | 19 February 2022 |
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