Ketamine and horse therapy study for PTSD
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how ketamine-assisted therapy affects your body's automatic responses, especially heart rate changes, during horse therapy sessions. It may help understand how ketamine helps people with PTSD.
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Who can take part
- You are between 19 and 65 years old.
- You are currently in, or referred to, horse-assisted therapy at the study site.
- You have not worked with the horse assigned to your sessions before.
- You can wear a chest heart rate monitor for 35 minutes.
- You agree to have sessions video recorded.
- You do not have heart rhythm issues, a pacemaker, or take certain heart medications.
- You are not pregnant and do not have active psychosis.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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