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Exploratory study of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of major depressive disorder

Exploratory study of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of major depressive disorder

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2100052220
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-10-22
Start date
2021-10-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-08-07

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Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder

Interventions

Experimental group:Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Sponsors

Beijing Anding Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Outpatients aged 18-60 years; 2. After the M.I.N.I.6.0.0 interview, meet the diagnostic criteria of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) for major depressive disorder, with single or repeated episodes. 3. HAMD-17 >= 14 points at baseline.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. History of neurological diseases, including head trauma, epilepsy, encephalitis, brain tumor, etc.; 2. Those who currently meet the diagnosis of other important psychiatric disorders, including neurocognitive disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, secondary depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, PTSD, alcohol (or drug) dependence or abusers, personality disorders; 3. There is a high risk of suicide, defined as HAMD-17 item 3 >= 3 points; 4. Patients with moderate or above abnormal EEG, or mild abnormal EEG with clinical significance; 5. Major physical disease or unstable physical condition; 6. Abnormal items in the patient's vital signs, laboratory examinations, and electrocardiogram examinations, which the investigator judges have significant clinical significance and will affect the patient's safety or test results; 7. Those with metal implants, pacemakers, and metal arterial clips in the body; 8. Those who have received ECT, TMS, VNS, DBS or light therapy within 3 months before screening; 9. Patients with treatment-resistant depression, defined: 2 antidepressants have insufficient therapeutic efficacy; insufficient efficacy is defined as an improvement in the severity of major depressive disorder symptoms assessed by the Antidepressant Treatment Response Questionnaire (ATRQ) <50%. Adequate antidepressant treatment is defined as receiving antidepressant treatment at the lowest dose (or higher dose) as detailed in the ATRQ for a duration of at least 6 weeks; 10. Those who have taken antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, anxiolytics and benzodiazepines within two weeks before enrollment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
incidence of adverse event and advers reaction;laboratory test;response rate;remission rate;depression symptom rapid self-rating scale score;generalized anxiety self-rating scale;anxiety;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWang Zhimin

Beijing Anding Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University

doctorwangzhimin@163.com+86 13718901929

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026