NCT07221110

rTMS Treatment of Dysphagia in Parkinson's Patients

Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Dysphagia in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Double-Blind Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ege University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study was conducted with patients with dysphagia who were followed up with Parkinson's disease in the neurology and physical therapy rehabilitation departments. The study is a prospective, double-blind clinical intervention study. Patients were divided into two groups (5 Hz and 10 Hz) and received rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) treatment. The pharyngeal cortex region was targeted in the intervention. Major aim in the treatment was to examine the difference in clinical response caused by the application of rTMS treatment at different frequencies.

Conditions

• Dysphagia
• Parkinson's Disease (PD)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation	In our study, rTMS device was used to target the pharyngeal cortex for therapeutic purposes in patients with dysphagia diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The most important point that distinguishes our study from other studies is that it aims to determine the effectiveness of rTMS treatment at high frequencies in the treatment of dysphagia. For this purpose, 5 Hz and 10 Hz treatments were applied to the patients from two different arms.
OTHER	Exercise	In our study, patients in both arms were given shaker, massako, cervical strengthening and triflo exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-01
• Completion: 2025-10-08
• First posted: 2025-10-27
• Last updated: 2025-10-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study