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 @ 10:42 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:42 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00244335
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of PTSD with anxiety symptoms, as determined by a score greater than 14 on the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, or a score greater than 18 on the Profile of Mood States-Tension Anxiety Rating Scale
* Experiences frequent and intense PTSD symptoms
* Able to spend 6 hours at a time in the research laboratory
* If a trauma control participant, must have experienced a trauma that meets criterion A for PTSD, but has never developed PTSD
* Willing to use contraception throughout the study
Exclusion Criteria:
* Females who meet DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder
* Females who report premenstrual distress that motivates them to use alcohol for relief
* History of bipolar affective disorder, any psychotic disorder, current major depressive episode, or current primary non-PTSD anxiety disorder (individuals with Axis II diagnoses will not be excluded)
* Currently enrolled in psychodynamic or cognitive-behavioral therapy
* Current unstable medical illness
* Current medical illness treated with psychoactive drugs (e.g., beta blockers)
* Current medical illness with complicating psychiatric symptoms (e.g., thyroid disease)
* Requires use of certain medications
* Current or past history of illicit substance dependence, other than past marijuana abuse or dependence
* History of tobacco dependence
* Failure to provide a drug-free urine sample prior to study entry
* Smokes more than one pack of cigarettes per day or drinks beverages totaling more than 500 mg of caffeine per day
* Pregnant
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT00244335
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00244335