New device aims to calm stress and sleeplessness without drugs
NCT ID NCT03777267
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a device called Cereset Research to see if it can improve how the body handles stress, anxiety, and insomnia. About 200 adults with these symptoms will use the device while researchers measure heart rate and blood pressure changes. The goal is to find a non-drug way to help people feel calmer and sleep better.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2019
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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11 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects must have the ability to comply with basic instructions and be able to sit still comfortably with the sensor leads attached * Subjects experiencing symptoms of stress, anxiety, or insomnia, who meet threshold scores on one or more self-reported inventories for the same. This includes the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI, ≥ 8), the Perceived Stress Index (PSS, ≥ 14), or the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7, ≥ 5) scale. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable, unwilling, or incompetent to provide informed consent/assent. * Physically unable to come to the study visits, or to sit comfortably in a chair for up to 1.5 hours. * Severe hearing impairment (because the subject will be using ear buds during CR). * Weight is over the chair limit (285 pounds). * Currently in another active intervention research study. * Prior use of HIRREM, Brainwave Optimization, Cereset, or a wearable configuration of the same (B2, or B2v2) within the last 3 years. * Prior use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). * Prior use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS), alpha stimulation, neurofeedback, biofeedback, or deep brain stimulation (DBS) within one month before enrollment. * Known seizure disorder.
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Locations
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Wake Forest University Health Scienc\ess
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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