NCT01618110

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Pre-Frontal Cortex in the Treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders: A Randomized, Controlled, Double Blind Study.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shalvata Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

* ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. * While most of the attention is directed towards youth, 60% continue to suffer symptoms into adult life. * Current treatment is effective, but 30% suffer side effects that lowers QOL, and 20% are non-responders. * Known mechanism of pathophysiology includes hypoactive dopaminergic system, especially at right PFC. * It is this study hypothesis that by stimulating the right PFC by TMS, it will be possible to alleviate ADHD symptoms. * A 10 sessions of treatment will by applied on a randomly allocated group of patients, diagnosed with ADHD, in a 2:1 ratio: The first group will receive an actual TMS treatment, and the second group will receive a sham treatment. * Improvement of objective and subjective ADHD scale will be examined.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Magstim, Rapid)	Superficial rTMS, directed at right PFC, power of 100% of MT, 10Hz for 4 seconds, intervals of 30 seconds, 42 trains.
OTHER	Placebo Treatment	Sham coil (minimal magnetic field, same noise and feeling)

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2012-06-13
• Last updated: 2012-06-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel