Establishing Mobile Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Recruiting now · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Treatment Resistant Major Depression

In brief

In this pilot study, investigators propose to design and create a portable TMS unit, in a van, and then test out delivering TMS in three different locations in South Carolina, all affiliated with MUSC and within 2-hours driving from Charleston, SC. This study would test out this new delivery mode, and provide valuable feasibility, safety, and efficacy lessons for later refinement and potential widespread adoption of mobile TMS as a treatment option, both in our state and across the US.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06748209

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

30

Starts

2025-05-10

Expected to finish

2028-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-06

Who can join

Age: 22 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult (22-80 years old)
• Have treatment-resistant depression as defined by the e-Mini, and the antidepressant treatment history form (ATHF short).
• Be able to read and communicate in English.
• Able to provide their own consent.
• Access to a computer with videoconferencing ability for initial consent and telescreen.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with unstable medical conditions that might make TMS unsafe. This includes current poorly controlled seizures.
• Ferromagnetic metal in the head.
• Pregnant.
• Currently active substance abuse except tobacco.

Where it is running

• Medical Univerity of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States (enrolling)

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