NCT04061304

A Clinical Trial Into the Efficacy of rTMS Treatment for Treating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Manitoba · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a pilot study to test the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treating individuals with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. The main objective of this study is to determine the short and long-term efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in reducing eating disorder symptoms (i.e. binging, purging, restricting, intense fear of gaining wait, etc;) in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. The investigators will also be comparing the brain activity patterns of individuals with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa to healthy controls using electroencephalography (EEG). Further, the investigators would like to examine if the activation patterns in these patients change after receiving rTMS.

Conditions

• Eating Disorders
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation	A non-invasive method of brain stimulation.
DEVICE	Sham Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation	A device designed to look, sound, and feel like a real magnetic stimulation coil without actually stimulating the brain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-19
• Completion: 2021-03-19
• First posted: 2019-08-19
• Last updated: 2021-10-08