Diet Induced Ketosis for Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a Feasibility Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-08-20

Study Completion Date

2023-02-08

Brief Summary

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Many patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are resistant to established treatment consisting of psychotherapy. Patients often go years with this debilitating disorder without experiencing sufficient improvement. Approximately 1/3 of patients will drop out of treatment because of psychological burden and overactivation. A novel ketogenic diet treatment could amend established treatment, and potentially upregulate the threshold for exciting neurons in dysfunctional brain regions, mediated through various mechanisms. This may reduce PTSD symptoms, and thus enabling patients to respond to psychological treatment without getting overactivated and unable to process trauma. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether it is possible to carry out a ketogenic diet therapy for patients with PTSD for four weeks.

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Detailed Description

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The study aims to include 10 PTSD patients. If a participant drops out of the study, or if the study is otherwise terminated for a participant, another patient will be recruited until 10 have completed the study. The primary objectives of this feasibility study are to investigate if it is possbile to carry out a ketogenic diet therapy for patients with PTSD for 4 weeks, and systematically gain insight in all challenges relating to these objectives. The participants will follow a ketogenic diet for 4 weeks, and they are asked to self report daily on results from finger pricking blood measurements (glucose and betahydroxybutyrate (BHB)) to establish they are in a ketogenic state and are compliant to diet. Participants will also report food intake and side effects daily to be evaluated by the principal investigator. Participants are further asked to specify and elaborate on which adverse effects or other reasons as to why it is challenging to follow the study diet and/or procedures. The study lacks in power to statistically evaluate if ketosis has any effect on PTSD symptoms, however this secondary objective will be preliminary evaluated.

Conditions

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PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Ketogenic Diet

Ketogenic Diet every day for 4 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ketogenic Diet

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention is a ketogenic diet based on high-fat ketogenic meals prepared by the study participants, complemented with ketogenic food products from Natural Ketosis and Vitaflo. Exogenous ketones are provided by Audacious Nutrition. The macronutrient composition of the ketogenic diet given approx.: Fat 87 E%, Carbohydrate 3 E%, Protein 10 E%,

Interventions

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Ketogenic Diet

The intervention is a ketogenic diet based on high-fat ketogenic meals prepared by the study participants, complemented with ketogenic food products from Natural Ketosis and Vitaflo. Exogenous ketones are provided by Audacious Nutrition. The macronutrient composition of the ketogenic diet given approx.: Fat 87 E%, Carbohydrate 3 E%, Protein 10 E%,

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients 18-65 years
* Diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
* Understand and speak Scandinavian language

Exclusion Criteria

* Body Mass Index \< 18
* Metabolic disorders contraindicating a ketogenic diet
* Dysregulated Diabetes Mellitus
* Medicated for elevated triglycerides
* Pancreas, kidney or liver disorders

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No