This pilot study is a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study designed to evaluate the efficacy of Magnetic EEG/ECG-Guided Resonance Therapy (MeRT) in college students with ADHD. A total of 40 subjects will be treated.
This pilot study is a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study designed to evaluate the efficacy of Magnetic EEG/ECG-Guided Resonance Therapy (MeRT) in college students with ADHD. A total of 40 subjects will be treated. Twenty (20) subjects will receive active treatment with MeRT and the other 20 with sham. Subjects in each study group will be treated 30 min a day, 5 days a week for 4 weeks. This is known as Phase 1. During this study period, subjects and clinicians will be blind to treatment condition. Subjects will be recruited from a flyer describing the study. The flyer will be posted at the Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity, the McKay Center, and through Student Counseling Services in the Engemann Student Health Center. In addition, students who have been diagnosed with ADHD and have been seen at one of these facilities for ADHD may be provided contact information for the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
31
A personalized biometrics-guided protocol known as magnetic EEG/EKG resonance therapy (MeRT) treatment that is tailored specifically to each patient's higher harmonic frequency of heart rate, which is nearest to the characteristic frequency of alpha EEG frequency.
A personalized biometrics-guided protocol similar to MeRT treatment that mimics magnetic EEG/EKG resonance therapy (MeRT) but does not emit active stimulation.
USC Neurorestoration Center
Los Angeles, California, United States
Pearson Quotient ADHD System
Changes in Pearson Quotient ADHD System; arithmetic changes in Pearson Quotient ADHD System score between time points at baseline and end of week 4.
Time frame: Four weeks.
Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS)
Changes in Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) ; arithmetic changes in Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) total score between time points at baseline and end of week 4.
Time frame: Four weeks.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) Assessment
Changes in electroencephalogram (EEG) will be assessed at baseline, week 2 and end of week 4.
Time frame: Four weeks.
Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ)
Changes in Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ); arithmetic changes in Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ-16) total score between time points at baseline and end of week 4.
Time frame: Four weeks.
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