Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Treatment Research Studies for 1990-91 Gulf War Veterans

(91outcomes.com - August 18, 2020) There are several important resources for veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War interested in participating in treatment research studies.

Individual Studies

There are numerous individual clinical trials and other studies around the U.S. that are actively recruiting veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War. Below are several resources to find them.

ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov is an online searchable database of federally-funded clinical trials.

Results using the search terms, "Gulf War Illness"

Results using the search terms, "Gulf War"

GWIC-BU

The Gulf War Illness Consortium at Boston University (GWIC-BU) has been a collaborative effort comprised of multiple Gulf War Illness studies related to brain involvement in Gulf War Illness.

The GWIC-BU had sites in Boston, Miami, and Houston. It is funded by the Gulf War Illness CDMRP (GWIRP)

It is still recruiting healthy Gulf War veterans in Boston through September 2020.

GWICTIC

The Gulf War Illness Clinical Trials and Interventions Center (GWICTIC) is a collaborative research group with multiple Gulf War illness clinical trials (treatment trials).

Current GWICTIC study sites are actively recruiting veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War, both with Gulf War Illness and healthy, including women veteran, in the following locations:

Nationwide (Bacopa study)
Nationwide (Glutathione study)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Boston, MA
Durham, NC (Auto-antibody study)
East Orange, NJ/New York, NY
Houston, TX
Palo Alto, CA

The collaborating sites are both non-VA and VA and (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).

New studies and study sites may continue to be added.

The GWICTIC is is headquartered at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. It is funded by the Gulf War Illness CDMRP (GWIRP), which encourages researchers to collaborate with it.