NCT00825708

Evaluation of the Effect of rTMS on Attention in Adults Diagnosed With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Evaluation of the Effect of rTMS on Attention in Adults Diagnosed With ADHD

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shalvata Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the immediate effect of rTMS on attention in adults diagnosed with ADHD. the design is a double blind sham controlled crossover study.

Detailed description

The subjects were randomly assigned to two groups. group 1 starts with the real rTMS session followed within one week with a sham session. group 2 starts with a sham session and within one week recieve a real session. the subjects go through a neurocognitive evaluation before and after rTMS sessions and a clinical evaluation questionnaire modified for attention.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	rTMS	42 2 sec trains of 20HZ rTMS in 100% MT
DEVICE	shamTMS	sham TMS session

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-03-01
• Primary completion: 2008-03-01
• First posted: 2009-01-21
• Last updated: 2009-01-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel