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Clinical efficacy of accelerated TBS sequential therapy for treatment-resistant depression

Clinical efficacy and mechanism of accelerated TBS sequential therapy for treatment-resistant depression

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2400091533
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2024-10-30
Start date
2024-11-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-11-04

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Treatment-resistant depression (TRD)

Interventions

iTBS+cTBS combined cross sequential group:iTBS combined with cTBS cross sequential intervention

Sponsors

Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Ningbo University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Being 18 to 60 years of age; 2.Patients who experience a non-psychotic major depressive episode, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and have moderate to severe treatment resistance levels as measured by the Maudsley Staging method (MSM); 3.Patients with poor or no response to adequate doses or courses of treatment with at least two antidepressants with different mechanisms of action; 4.A total HAMD-24 score of >20; 5.Right-handedness; 6.The patient's physical examination, medical history, vital signs, blood, urine and stool routine, liver and kidney function, electrolytes, electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram and other indicators are normal; 7.After fully understanding the safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), they are willing to actively cooperate with the treatment and sign informed consent by themselves and their families.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Age 60 years; 2.Those with a history of severe physical illness and depression due to other psychoactive and non-dependent substances; 3.Patients with metallic or electronic instruments placed in the body, such as intracranial metallic foreign bodies, cochlear implants, pacemakers and stents, and other metallic foreign bodies; 4.Patients at risk for seizures, with previous cranial disease, head trauma, alcoholism, EEG abnormalities, MRI evidence of structural abnormalities in the brain, or a family history of epilepsy; 5.Those with psychotic symptoms requiring a combination of should antipsychotic medications; 6.Received ECT or other physical therapy within 2 months prior to enrollment; 7.Refusal to sign the informed consent form;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Clinical Scale Assessment;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Electromyographic changes;EEG changes;Near infrared functional imaging;nuclear magnetic;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactDongsheng Zhou

Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Ningbo University

wyzhouds@sina.com+86 574 26302565

Outcome results

None listed

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