Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treating Depression: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Major Depressive Disorder
In brief
This protocol, "Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): A Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fcMRI) Study," is an open-label pilot treatment study. The purpose of the present protocol is to treat participants with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with 4 weeks of rTMS, performing fcMRI and EEG studies prior to and following treatment to determine if treatment response is related to changes in fcMRI and/or EEG results. The investigators hypothesize that patients who respond to treatment will display changes in functional connectivity patterns thought to be related to the occurrence of depressive symptoms.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01162382
- Run by
- Washington University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 4
- Starts
- 2010-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-02-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- SCREENING/DIAGNOSTIC REQUIREMENTS:
- Male or female outpatients, ages 18-50 (some literature has shown increasing cortical distance with age that may affect treatment outcome
- Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression (HRSD-24) > 18
- New onset major depression or untreated recurrent major depression per DSM-IV-TR38 criteria.
- Not taking antidepressant medication or any other psychotropic medication
- Using an adequate contraceptive method
- Able to give informed consent
- Available for 4 weeks of daily therapy, working hours, Mon.-Fri.
- English-speaking
You may not qualify if…
- DIAGNOSTIC EXCLUSIONS:
- Co-morbid psychiatric diagnosis of bipolar disorder, acute OCD, schizophrenia or schizoaffective or concurrent treatment with outpatient ECT, or personality disorder or MDD with suicidal ideation as determined by history and/or by P.I. examination requiring hospital admission or referral for acute care.
- Previous failure to respond to treatment with rTMS
- Failure to achieve satisfactory improvement in depression after two or more adequate trials of antidepressant medications.
- MEDICAL EXCLUSIONS:
- Patients newly diagnosed with thyroid dysfunction
- History of drug and/or ETOH dependence
- History of seizures
- History of head injury with loss of consciousness > 5 minutes
- Any implantable metal object in the skull or near their head
- Any implantable devices such as a cardiac pacemaker, vagal nerve stimulator, etc.
- Positive urine pregnancy test
- Severe migraine headaches uncontrolled with routine non-narcotic medication
- Any medical condition in the opinion of the Investigator that might confound the results of the study Contraindications to fcMRI procedure
- Intake of NSAIDS, narcotic or muscle relaxants within 72 hours of the fMRI protocol.
- Claustrophobia.
- Left-handedness (may influence cerebral cortical hemispheric dominance).
- Inability to tolerate, or medical contraindication to MRI testing (e.g. metal prostheses or implants, history of claustrophobia)
- PROTOCOL SPECIFIC EXCLUSIONS:
- Unable to determine motor threshold for determining treatment dose with rTMS device
- Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)70 score < 24.
Where it is running
- Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States
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