Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Chronic, Severe, Treatment Resistant Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Government Medical College Srinagar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Treatments: Procedure: Electroconvulsive Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00739856

GMCPTSD_ECT2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a chronic debilitating illness and few treatment options have demonstrated effectiveness. The study will look at the use of electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress disorder in patients who have not responded to multiple antidepressants or cognitive behavioral therapy.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of PTSD
• Treatment resistance to 4 different antidepressants from 3 different classes
• Treatment resistance to CBT
• Severe PTSD

Exclusion criteria

• Significant substance abuse
• Pregnancy
• History of Traumatic Brain Injury
• Unstable comorbid medical illness
• Organic brain syndrome

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)