Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of depression.

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of depression, assessed with HAMD-21 over a four week period.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000145606

Enrollment

Registered

2005-08-15

Start date

2005-08-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study is designed to evaluate the therapeutic application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a potential treatment for depression.

Interventions

Active control comparison of two different rTMS parameter sets, over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Additional to current medication. a) 10Hz frequency. 100% MT. b) Variable frequency dependent upon background activity. 100% MT.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Healthy volunteers

Outcome results