Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:42 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:42 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02356861
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
The participants for this study will be recruited from flyers posted within the VA Boston Healthcare System and Veterans who contact the study after hearing about it from an outside referral source who knows that the study is actively recruiting participants. Participants must have both mild or moderate TBI and PTSD
* Males or Females; Ages 18 - 65 years old
* Must live within 50 miles of and be physically able to travel to the VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, for Neuropsychological testing and transcranial LED treatments
* Must meet screening criteria from the Neuropsychological Screening Tests
* Must meet screening criteria for a PTSD diagnosis
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
* Not meeting criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder and for mild or moderate traumatic brain injury
* Had Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses (GWVI), but did not answer 'Yes' to the following questions: 1) Difficulty concentrating and/or 2) Difficulty remembering recent information, on the Symptom Questionnaire
* Less than age 18, or greater than age 60
* Presence of a neurodegenerative disease such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's, Dementia
* Presence of a life-threatening disease such as cancer
* Presence of a severe mental disorder such as schizophrenia, or severe depression
* Physical limitations that would prevent traveling to the VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, for Neuropsychological testing and transcranial LED treatments
* Current substance abuse or in active treatment
* Did not meet screening criteria from the Neuropsychological Screening Tests
* does not reside physically within 50 miles of the VA Boston - Jamaica Plain VA Hospital location
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT02356861
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02356861