NCT01602497

Trial of Effect of High-frequency Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Management of Borderline Personality Disorder

A Sham-controlled Trial of Effect of High-frequency Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Management of Borderline Personality Disorder Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is going to evaluate the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on Borderline Personality Disorder patients symptoms.

Detailed description

There is a great body of literature about the positive effects of rTMS therapy on various psychiatric disorders. In this study we are going to evaluate the effects of high-frequency rTMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)region in borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients. patients will be assessed by subjective measures for BPD.

Conditions

• Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	rTMS	Patients undergone 10 session of high-frequency rTMS therapy over their left DLPFC
DEVICE	sham rTMS	Patients will undergo ten session of sham rTMS.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2012-07-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2012-05-21
• Last updated: 2012-05-21