Neurofeedback and Well-Being Among People With Co-Occurring Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Wayne State University
- Where
- Detroit, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Nov 2025
- Expected to end
- Jan 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Neuroptimal (Zengar, Inc.) Neurofeedback
- Record updated
- 19 August 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 90 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- being a client placed on the clinic waitlist to receive exposure-response prevention for OCD symptoms at the Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center of Ann Arbor, in Ann Arbor, MI
- having self-reported symptoms of OCD
- having post-traumatic stress symptoms as indicated by a score of 3 or higher on the Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5) screening measure
- being age 18+
- being a citizen of the United States of America -
Who cannot take part
- currently taking, or in the past month has taken benzodiazepines, narcotic drugs, or cannabis
- a lifetime history of significant untreated mental illness (not currently treated schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or substance use disorder) or neurological or pervasive developmental disorder
- a documented history of epilepsy
- lifetime history of any head injury with loss of consciousness
- current exposure domestic or intimate partner violence or otherwise state that their current living conditions are unsafe
- current experiences of psychosis or suicidality within the last six months
- currently pregnant
- engagement in self-harming behaviors in the last 3 months that required medical attention
- lack of competence to understand or consent to the study procedures
- lack of fluency in written and spoken English. -
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 90 years old?
Where in United States
- Wayne State UniversityDetroit, United StatesContact: Lisa STaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The proposed study will collect novel data evaluating the feasibility of a neurofeedback training program delivered to prospective clients with a history of clinically concerning trauma-related mental health symptoms who are on a wait list to receive obsessive compulsive disorder-specific psychotherapy at an outpatient mental health clinic. This study will evaluate the influence of neurofeedback training on participant's overall sense of well-being, and additionally, whether any enhanced well-being is subsequently associated with positive changes in symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, dissociation and other trauma-related mental health symptoms, emotional regulation, etc.
The group in the trial
- Neurofeedback TrainingOther group
Participants in the Neurofeedback Training group will complete per-training, post-training, and post-training follow-up self-report surveys assessing overall well-being, symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, OCD, dissociation and other trauma-related mental health symptoms, emotional regulation, etc. Participants in this group will all be on a wait list to receive obsessive compulsive disorder-specific psychotherapy at a local outpatient therapy clinic that specializes in the treatment of anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders. All participants will demonstrate clinically significant post-traumatic stress symptoms and have a self-reported diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder.
Treatment: Neuroptimal (Zengar, Inc.) Neurofeedback
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Exploring the Influence of Neurofeedback on the Well-Being of People With Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07217925, who can take part
- Record updated
- 19 August 2026