Status:

COMPLETED

Trial of Naltrexone and Dextromethorphan for Gulf War Illness

Lead Sponsor:

East Carolina University

Conditions:

Gulf War Illness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War who developed Gulf War Illness are being studied. Treatments with FDA approved generic drugs are being administered to see if they help with the symptoms of Gulf War Illn...

Detailed Description

Gulf war veterans' illnesses comprise distinct clusters of symptom-defined illnesses for which there are neither diagnostic tests nor effective treatments. Gulf war veterans had variable exposures to ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Served in the Gulf War and developed the symptoms of Gulf War Illness as described by the modified Kansas Case Definition

Exclusion

  • Pregnant women, nursing mothers, individuals requiring medications that have drug interactions with dextromethorphan or naltrexone, cancer not in remission, chronic infectious disease, liver disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis, stroke, under current treatment for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder/manic depression, and depression.
  • Those with a history of current illicit drug use will be excluded. Individuals who have had recent surgery will not be enrolled until they have completely recovered from the surgery.
  • Subjects participating in other clinical trials will be excluded.
  • Those enrolled recently in a clinical trial will be enrolled after a washout period of one month.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02206490

Start Date

January 1 2012

End Date

January 1 2016

Last Update

March 3 2016

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Brody School of Medicine a East Carolina Univesity

Greenville, North Carolina, United States, 27834