Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01271244
Effects of Escitalopram on Autonomic Reactivity in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Effects of Escitalopram on Autonomic Reactivity in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF)
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 26 (actual)
- Sponsor
- VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System · Federal
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 19 Years – 55 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The study looked at relationship between escitalopram and heart rate variability and QT variability in veterans with PTSD.
Detailed description
The investigators are studying if taking escitalopram will normalize heart rate variability and a decrease (or no effect implying a lack of serious cardiac side effects) including QT variability in veterans with PTSD.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Escitalopram | 10-20mg daily for 12 weeks |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-06-01
- Completion
- 2013-06-01
- First posted
- 2011-01-06
- Last updated
- 2019-05-07
- Results posted
- 2014-10-07
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01271244. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.