Scalp Application of LED Therapy to Improve Thinking and Memory in Veterans With Gulf War Illness

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

96

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 9, 2015

Primary Completion Date

August 6, 2018

Study Completion Date

August 6, 2018

Conditions
Gulf War Veterans IllnessNeurobehavioral ManifestationsMemory Disorders
Interventions
DEVICE

Real LED Treatment

"PhotoMedex Helmet: 12 Pods, 4.5 x 4.8cm (21.6 cm2); 20 diodes; 830nm; Power Output (PO) 665.3 mW; Power Density (PD)/LED 30.8 mW/cm2; CW; Time/session 28m 10s\*; Dose: Energy Density 26 J/cm2.~MedX Device: 1 Cluster Head/ear, 2 inch diameter (22.48 cm2); 870nm; PO 90 mW; PD/LED 4 mW/cm2; CW; Time/session 4m; Energy Density 4 J/cm2; 2 Vielight Intranasal Devices: Red, 633nm diode; PO 6.5 mW; PD/LED 7.6 mW/cm2; CW; Time/session 25m; Energy Density 11.4 J/cm2 and NIR, 810nm diode; PO 6.5 mW; PD/LED 7.6 mW/cm2; Pulse frequency 10Hz; Duty Cycle 50%; Time/session 25m; Energy Density 11.4 J/cm2 Thor Photomedicine Helmet: 10 Pods, 6cm diameter (28.3 cm2); 35 diodes; Wavelength 850nm; PO 1050 mW; PD/LED 50 mW/cm2; CW; Time/session 23m, 24s; Energy Density 26 J/cm2 2 Placement sets: 1) midline, 6 cluster heads; 2) L\&R side of head 12 cluster heads (14m, 5s, each set); 1) midline, 5 cluster heads; 2) L\&R side of head 10 cluster heads (11m, 42s, each set) CW, Continuous Wave"

DEVICE

Sham LED Treatment

Intervention for Real and Sham are Identical, but sham has power output of 0, no photons emitted.

Trial Locations (2)

94121

San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco

02130

VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA, Boston

All Listed Sponsors
lead

VA Office of Research and Development

FED

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