Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Depression

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Device: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00018746

MHBS-037-98S

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study examines efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treating severely depressed patients who are medicated.

Full description

Medicated, treatment resistant, depressed patients are randomized to active or sham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Responding patients go into a six months follow-up period.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

severe treatment-resistant depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind