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TerminatedNCT03953521

Neuronavigated TBS in Depression

Neuronavigated Theta Burst Stimulation in Depression

Status
Terminated
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
37 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Regensburg · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

In this randomized controlled trial we will treat 80 patients with depression with intermittent theta burst stimulation in two parallel arms. Both arms are active interventions differing with respect to positioning of the treatment coil - one arm with neuronavigation and one arm with targeting according to EEG Position representing the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Randomisation will be balanced for in- and out-patients and for the treatment arms.

Detailed description

Intermittent Theta burst Stimulation (iTBS) is a specific type of repetitive transcranial magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). rTMS of the left prefrontal cortex was shown to be effective in the treatment of Depression. Recent studies showed that iTBS probably is as effective as rTMS. One possibility to increase to efficacy of rTMS/iTBS is to use neuronavigation. With neuronavigation the coil Position can be targeted with an accuracy in the range of millimeters. Furthermore the Stimulation Position can be ensured during one single session and over the course of the daily Treatments. The aim of the present study is to investigate the benefit of neuronavigation in the Treatment of Depression with iTBS by using two arms one with targeting the Stimulation site with neuronavigation and one by using the EEG Position F3 as target by using head caps for marking the position.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEintermittent Theta burst stimulationStimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal Cortex with a specific repetitive transcranial magnetic Stimulation protocol (intermittent Theta burst Stimulation) according to Blumberger et al., 2018, Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2018 Apr 28;391(10131):1683-1692.

Timeline

Start date
2019-06-01
Primary completion
2020-05-27
Completion
2020-05-27
First posted
2019-05-16
Last updated
2020-06-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03953521. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.