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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderPhase 1NCT01052064

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A Safety Study

A Phase 1 study testing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, run by International Center for Neurological Restoration, Cuba at 1 site in Cuba.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Low frequency repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation(rTMS) is a safe and tolerable procedure in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD); it also could be a complement to the treatment of patients with poor symptomatic control to conventional treatment. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 7 to 12 years
Conditions the study is for
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
What is being tested?
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
20 participants
Where
1 siteCuba
Study dates
Apr 2009to Apr 2010
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 7 to 12 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Ages eligible for Study: 7years to 12 years
  • Genders Eligible for Study: Both

Who cannot join

  • History of convulsions
  • Co-morbidity with other psychiatric or neurologic disease

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Cuba1 site, 1 recruiting
  • International Center for Neurological Restoration

    Havana, La Habana, 11300

    Lázaro Gómez, MD, 53 7 2715353 ext. 50, lazarog@neuro.ciren.cu

    Lázaro Gómez, MD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Therapy With rTMS in Children With Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. Phase 1 Study.

Low frequency repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation(rTMS) is a safe and tolerable procedure in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD); it also could be a complement to the treatment of patients with poor symptomatic control to conventional treatment.

Read the detailed description

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a common disorder in the infancy; the majority of ADHD have good clinical response to amphetamines alone or in association with antiepileptic drugs. It is described that some patients(10-30%) with ADHD do not respond to conventional pharmacological and psycho- pedagogical treatment; in those patients non invasive brain stimulation methods could be a supplementary option for symptomatic control. There are not many published papers describing the effects of rTMS in persons younger than 18 years; so the first step to extent its use in pediatric population should be to obtain evidences about its tolerance and safety.

Keywords
Children, ADHD, rTMS, Safety
Medical subject headings
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Transcranial Magnetic StimulationDevice

    Also called Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation(rTMS)

    rTMS will be administered in one daily session during 5 consecutive days of 1 Hz, 90% of motor threshold for a total of 1500 stimuli. The stimulation will be focal over left dorsolateral-prefrontal cortex(F3, from the international 10-20 system)

Study groups in NCT01052064
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Transcranial magnetic stimulationExperimentalThere are evidences that rTMS has a modulating effect in cortical and subcortical neural networks, reinforcing or depressing synaptic activity by mean of long term potentiation or depression like mechanism. Depression is the most study neuropsychiatric condition in which rTMS is useful as a therapeutic option; but in other diseases such as ADHD there are many pathophysiological elements that make it very likely that rTMS could be useful for symptomatic treatment modulating activity in prefrontal and basal ganglia neuronal networks.
Receives: Device: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Incidence of adverse events

    Measured: week 1,during treatment

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. EEG changes in epileptiform or basal activity after treatment compared with the baseline

    Measured: last day of treatment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Jan 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2009
  3. Primary completionMar 2010 (estimated)
  4. Study completionApr 2010 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
20 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01052064
Sponsor's protocol ID
rTMS-09.01-ADHD
Status last verified
Jan 2010
First submitted
18 Jan 2010
Last updated
20 Jan 2010
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, run by International Center for Neurological Restoration, Cuba at 1 site in Cuba.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Jan 2010. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Cuba. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Lázaro Gómez, MD (53 7 2715353 ext. 50, lazarog@neuro.ciren.cu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of adverse events (time frame: week 1,during treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Jan 2010.

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