Patients With Subjective Tinnitus
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is effective in the treatment of tinnitus.
Interventions
DEVICEsham repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
This sham stimulation is not true stimulation.
Sponsors
Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Subjective tinnitus * Age 18 years and older
Exclusion criteria
* Meniere, conductive hearing loss, objective tinnitus * History of seizure disorder or epilepsy * Clinically relevant psychiatric comorbidity * Previous symptomatic stroke * Surgically or traumatically implanted foreign bodies such as a pacemaker, an implanted medication pump, a metal plate in the skull, or metal inside the skull or eyes (other than dental appliances or fillings), intracardiac lines that may pose a physical hazard during magnetic stimulation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tinnitus handicap inventory score | Before (- six months) and after (+ 5 days) rTMS interventions | Primary outcomes will be measured twice. One is before, and the other is after 5-day rTMS interventions. Baseline primary outcome will be acceptable if it is done within the prior 6 months of 1st rTMS. Follow-up primary outcome will be done within the five days after 5th rTMS. |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed