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Development of a new transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant depression and identification of its predictor of response

Development of a new transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant depression and identification of its predictor of response - Development of a new form of rTMS treatment for TRD

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000028855
Enrollment
150
Registered
2018-01-19
Start date
2018-02-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conventional sequential bilateral rTMS treatment Novel sequential bilateral theta-burst stimulation rTMS treatment

Sponsors

Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine
Lead Sponsor
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients who are attending the outpatient department or inpatient ward of the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University Hospital (2) 18 years of age or older at the time of consent (3) Patients whose attending physician determines that written consent can be obtained. (4) Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria for depression according to the DSM-5 and the Mental Illness Inventory (MINI). (5) Meet score 3 or higher on the Antidepressant Treatment History Form (ATHF) for the current episode or have not responded to two different types of antidepressant treatment in the past. (6) Who demonstrate a severity of at least 18 points on the MADRS (7) Have a stable mental status to the extent that they are able to undergo prolonged testing.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Persons with cerebral organic diseases (e.g., intracranial organic lesions of moderate severity or higher, neurodegenerative diseases, etc.) (2) History of convulsive seizures or epilepsy (3) Substance-related disorders in the past 6 months (4) Serious or unstable physical illness (5) Undergone rTMS treatment or ECT within the past 6 months (6) Any contraindication to TMS or MRI procedures such as metal implants, pacemakers, claustrophobia, etc. (7) Patients whose head, neck, or body size is not suitable for MRI scanner (8) Other cases that the principal investigator and subinvestigators deem inappropriate as research subjects

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
All participants will received the following measures at time . Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-Japanese version (QIDS16-J) Maintenance phase: Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-Japanese version (QIDS16-J)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Acute phase: 17-Item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD-17), Brief Symptom Inventory-anxiety subscale (BSI-anxiety), Beck Suicide Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), California Verbal Learning Test Second Edition (CVLT-II), Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Scale (Q-LES-Q), Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Letter Number Sequencing Test (LNST), Stroop Neuropsychological Screening Test (SNST), Trail Making Test (TMT), The Executive Interview (EXIT25) Resting-state EEG (rs-EEG), MRI (T1, resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI), DTI, MRS), Polysomnography (PSG), Holter ECG, Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry (CE-MS), Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) Maintenance phase: 17-Item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD-17), Brief Symptom Inventory-anxiety subscale (BSI-anxiety) Resting-state EEG (rs-EEG), Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR), Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry (CE-MS), Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)

Countries

Japan,North America

Contacts

Public ContactYoshihiro Noda

Keio University School of Medicine Neuropsychiatry

yoshi-tms@keio.jp03-3353-1211

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026