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CompletedNCT03701932

Mental Activity During (TMS) Therapy for Depression

Mental Activity During Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy for Depression

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
11 (actual)
Sponsor
Augusta University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of different types of mental activity performed while receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Our primary aim for this study is to assess the feasibility of combining TMS and computer based cognitive exercise in patients with major depressive disorder who may also have some degree of cognitive dysfunction, and to formally measure changes in mood and cognition over the course of the study.

Detailed description

Patients will receive TMS treatment daily for 6 weeks as part of their standard care. They will complete clinical assessments and participate in cognitive retraining through completion of 15 hours of Lumosity gaming cognitive exercises while simultaneously receiving active TMS stimulation. Those participants in the control group will complete 15 hours of computer gaming activity during the administration of active stimulation. Computer games in the control group exercises are elected by the patient from a library of intellectually and motivationally engaging games drawn from several gaming software compilations that includes Play 101 Games and Hoyle Puzzle and Board Games.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALTMS and Lumosity®cognitive retrainingThe Lumosity® training includes exercises for speed, memory, attention, flexibility, and problem solving. Subjects will complete this battery while receiving TMS treatment.
BEHAVIORALTMS and non cognitive computer gamesSubjects will play computer games while receiving TMS treatment.

Timeline

Start date
2015-03-06
Primary completion
2019-07-31
Completion
2019-07-31
First posted
2018-10-10
Last updated
2020-08-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03701932. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.