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Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderMAGTOCNCT02884674

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

A study testing Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.

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Official record
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Trial summary

Evaluate the therapeutic effect of a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)-guided and robotized neuronavigated theta burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) targeting right inferior frontal region in resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
What is being tested?
Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
56 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
May 2015to May 2021
Phase
Interventional
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Volunteer subjects with Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD) according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV-TR) criteria and validated by an experimented clinician following instruments like SCID (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV) or MINI (Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview)
  • with or without associated tics ("Gilles de la Tourette" Syndrome)
  • Age > 18 years old
  • Y-BOCS score > 20 and CGI (Clinical Global Impression Scale) score ≥ 4
  • Resistant patients to standard treatments - where treatment resistance is defined by partial but insufficient response (Global Assessment of Functioning score GAF score < 60 and/or reduction of Yale Brown Obsessions and Compulsion Scale score < 35%) or lack of response to previous well conducted treatment including:
  • pharmacotherapy : optimal tolerated dose and adequate duration (> 12 weeks) of at least 2 Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, clomipramine), and one augmentation strategy (adjunction of an antipsychotic - such as risperidone or olanzapine or aripiprazole - or lithium or buspirone) ;
  • psychotherapy (at least 6 months of cognitive and behavioral therapy)

Who cannot join

  • other primary diagnosis than OCD (comorbid tics and depression are tolerated)
  • comorbid diagnosis of schizophrenia/ psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, substance abuse or dependance
  • medical condition involving cognitive decline and affecting brain structures such as Parkinson disease, dementia, multiple sclerosis, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection, lupus etc.
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging exclusion criteria (ferromagnetic implants etc)
  • common TMS exclusion criteria (neurological condition with an increased risk of seizure, cardiac pacemakers, implanted medication pumps, intracardiac lines, or acute, unstable cardiac disease, intracranial implants (e.g. cochlear implants, electrodes, aneurysm clips, stimulators... ) or any other metal object within or near the head, excluding the mouth, that cannot be safely removed will be excluded
  • Current use of any investigational drug
  • pregnancy / breast feeding patients
  • visual or auditive important deficit

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Mircea POLOSAN, Professor contact

mpolosan@chu-grenoble.fr

France1 site, 1 recruiting
  • CHU de Grenoble - Pavillon Dominique Villars

    Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 38000

    POLOSAN Mircea, Professor, mpolosan@chu-grenoble.fr

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Stimulation magnétique transcrânienne répétitive Dans le Traitement Des Troubles Obsessionnels Compulsifs

Evaluate the therapeutic effect of a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)-guided and robotized neuronavigated theta burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) targeting right inferior frontal region in resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, monocentric study.

Read the detailed description

This study evaluates the therapeutic effect of a fMRI-guided and robotized neuronavigated theta burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) targeting right inferior frontal region in resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, monocentric study. The study will also assess the interest of some clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, electrophysiological variables in response prediction, besides physiopathological information.

There is an increasing interest in developping treatments for resistant OCD, which are not responding to the conventional treatment, represented by pharmacotherapy associated to cognitive behavioral therapy. Repetitive TMS represents a promising non invasive brain stimulation approach, but efficacy, best available brain target, optimal responder profile and stimulation parameters need to be further documented.

In this study, the included patients will be randomly assigned to an active (theta burst TMS) or sham-placebo treatment group. TMS will be added to their stable pharmacotherapy. The brain target, the right inferior frontal region, involved in the inhibition control brain network, will be defined in a personalized manner via a fMRI paradigm for each patient. TMS will be delivered daily for 2 successive weeks. Measures of different clinical, neuropsychological , electrophysiological (cortical excitability) variables will be performed at baseline, as well as at the end of the TMS course, and 1 week after. Other assessments are planned at 3 and 6 months, in order to highlight the evolution of the potential benefit.

Being tested
Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Placebo Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Keywords
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Medical subject headings
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

What participants receive

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

  • Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic StimulationDevice

    modulation of the electrical activity of the right inferior frontal gyrus cortex in order to reduce Obsessive Compulsive Disorders symptoms by Active Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) targeting the right frontal inferior gyrus, 2 sessions per day, each session 5min30 day, during 10 consecutive days, using theta burst stimulation and using a TMS neuronavigated robot

  • Placebo Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic StimulationDevice

    Sham rTMS will be delivered using non active magnetic coil, targeting the right frontal inferior gyrus, 2 sessions per day, each session 5min30 day, during 10 consecutive days, using TMS neuronavigated robot. A subjective sensation will be obtained via frontal dermic electrical stimulation.

Study groups in NCT02884674
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
active Transcranial Magnetic StimulationActive comparatorActive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) targeting the right frontal inferior gyrus, 2 sessions per day, each session 5min30 day, during 10 consecutive days, Using theta burst stimulation and using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation navigator and robot
Receives: Device: Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorPlacebo comparator, using non active magnetic coil, targeting the right frontal inferior gyrus, 2 sessions per day, each session 5min30 day, during 10 consecutive days, using theta burst stimulation and using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation navigator and robot
Receives: Device: Placebo Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

What is being measured

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

  1. Change from baseline of the score at the Yale - Brown Obsessive and Compulsive Scale

    Evaluation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder symptoms using the Yale - Brown Obsessive and Compulsive Scale, at day 21, corresponding to 7 days after the end of the TMS cure, compared to baseline.

    Measured: at baseline and at day 21

Secondary outcomes (11)
  1. Score of Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale, as a Measure of effects on Mood (depression)

    Evaluation of Mood using Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale

    Measured: At baseline, at day 21, day 90, day 180

  2. Score of Young Mania Rating Scale, as a Measure of effects on Mood (hyperthymia)

    Evaluation of Mood using Young Mania Rating Scale

    Measured: At baseline, at day 21, day 90, day 180

  3. Score of Multidimensional Assessment of Thymic States Scale as a Measure of effects on Emotional Reactivity

    Evaluation of Emotional Reactivity using Multidimensional Assessment of Thymic States Scale

    Measured: At baseline, at day 21, day 90, day 180

  4. Number of patients with Side effects as a measure of Safety and Tolerability

    collection of the side effects of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, after each session, during the entire TMS cure

    Measured: for each session of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, at day 15, day 21, day 90, day 180

  5. Inferior Frontal Region Activity (percentage of the BOLD signal change (parameter estimates beta)

    Performing a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, looking for biomarkers of response to the TMS cure.

    Especially studying the right inferior cortex activation in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging using a Signal Stop Task.

    Measured: at baseline (day 0)

  6. Fractional Anisotropy (FA), mean and radial diffusivity (MD, RD), tracti integrity of the inhibition network,

    looking for anatomical biomarkers of response, or anatomical differences between the subjects on the inhibition network using Diffusing Tensor Imaging data

    Measured: at day 0 (baseline)

  7. Yale - Brown Obsessive and Compulsion Scale score after the TMS treatment as an evaluation of the persistence of the clinical benefit

    The Yale - Brown Obsessive and Compulsion Scale will also be performed at day 15, day 90 and day 180 after the inclusion in order to assess the kinetics of clinical changes in Obsessive Compulsive symptoms after the TMS cure.

    Measured: day 15, day 90 and day 180 after the inclusion.

  8. Cortical Excitability

    assessing a new biomarker linked to OCD and monitoring its evolution with the TMS cure, testing its predictive value for the clinical response

    Measured: baseline - day 15 - day 21 - day 90 - day 180

  9. Evaluation of Impulsivity using specific scales

    Evaluation of impulsivity using UPPS (Urgency, Premeditation, and Sensation Seeking) Impulsive Behavior Scale.

    Measured: At baseline, at day 21, day 90, day 180

  10. Evaluation of the Clinical global State

    Using Clinical Global Impression scale we will assess the evolution of the clinical global status

    Measured: at baseline, day 15, day 21, day 90, day 180

  11. type of side effects (pain, paresthesia, other) as a measure of Safety and Tolerability

    collection of the side effects of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, after each session, during the entire TMS cure

    Measured: for each session of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, at day 15, day 21, day 90, day 180

Timeline

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

  1. First posted31 Aug 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2015
  3. Primary completionNov 2019
  4. Study completionMay 2021 (estimated)

Resources

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
56 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02884674
Sponsor's protocol ID
38RC14.156
Other IDs
2014-A00668-39
Acronym
MAGTOC
Status last verified
May 2020
First submitted
8 Jan 2015
Last updated
8 May 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Heyman I, Mataix-Cols D, Fineberg NA. Obsessive-compulsive disorder. BMJ. 2006 Aug 26;333(7565):424-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7565.424. No abstract available.

    PubMed 16931840
  • Denys D. Pharmacotherapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2006 Jun;29(2):553-84, xi. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2006.02.013.

    PubMed 16650723
  • Barker AT, Jalinous R, Freeston IL. Non-invasive magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex. Lancet. 1985 May 11;1(8437):1106-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(85)92413-4. No abstract available.

    PubMed 2860322
  • Baxter LR Jr, Phelps ME, Mazziotta JC, Guze BH, Schwartz JM, Selin CE. Local cerebral glucose metabolic rates in obsessive-compulsive disorder. A comparison with rates in unipolar depression and in normal controls. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1987 Mar;44(3):211-8. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800150017003.

    PubMed 3493749
  • Li CT, Chen MH, Juan CH, Huang HH, Chen LF, Hsieh JC, Tu PC, Bai YM, Tsai SJ, Lee YC, Su TP. Efficacy of prefrontal theta-burst stimulation in refractory depression: a randomized sham-controlled study. Brain. 2014 Jul;137(Pt 7):2088-98. doi: 10.1093/brain/awu109. Epub 2014 May 10.

    PubMed 24817188
  • Plewnia C, Pasqualetti P, Grosse S, Schlipf S, Wasserka B, Zwissler B, Fallgatter A. Treatment of major depression with bilateral theta burst stimulation: a randomized controlled pilot trial. J Affect Disord. 2014 Mar;156:219-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.12.025. Epub 2013 Dec 28.

    PubMed 24411682
  • Di Lazzaro V, Pilato F, Dileone M, Profice P, Oliviero A, Mazzone P, Insola A, Ranieri F, Meglio M, Tonali PA, Rothwell JC. The physiological basis of the effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation of the human motor cortex. J Physiol. 2008 Aug 15;586(16):3871-9. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.152736. Epub 2008 Jun 19.

    PubMed 18566003
  • Prasko J, Paskova B, Zalesky R, Novak T, Kopecek M, Bares M, Horacek J. The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on symptoms in obsessive compulsive disorder. A randomized, double blind, sham controlled study. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2006 Jun;27(3):327-32.

    PubMed 16816829
  • Sarkhel S, Sinha VK, Praharaj SK. Adjunctive high-frequency right prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was not effective in obsessive-compulsive disorder but improved secondary depression. J Anxiety Disord. 2010 Jun;24(5):535-9. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.03.011. Epub 2010 Mar 29.

    PubMed 20392594
  • Sack AT, Cohen Kadosh R, Schuhmann T, Moerel M, Walsh V, Goebel R. Optimizing functional accuracy of TMS in cognitive studies: a comparison of methods. J Cogn Neurosci. 2009 Feb;21(2):207-21. doi: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21126.

    PubMed 18823235
  • Sachdev PS, McBride R, Loo CK, Mitchell PB, Malhi GS, Croker VM. Right versus left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary investigation. J Clin Psychiatry. 2001 Dec;62(12):981-4. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v62n1211.

    PubMed 11780880
  • Wu CC, Tsai CH, Lu MK, Chen CM, Shen WC, Su KP. Theta-burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder with concomitant depression. J Clin Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;71(4):504-6. doi: 10.4088/JCP.09l05426blu. No abstract available.

    PubMed 20409448
  • Aron AR, Fletcher PC, Bullmore ET, Sahakian BJ, Robbins TW. Stop-signal inhibition disrupted by damage to right inferior frontal gyrus in humans. Nat Neurosci. 2003 Feb;6(2):115-6. doi: 10.1038/nn1003. No abstract available.

    PubMed 12536210
  • Chambers CD, Bellgrove MA, Stokes MG, Henderson TR, Garavan H, Robertson IH, Morris AP, Mattingley JB. Executive "brake failure" following deactivation of human frontal lobe. J Cogn Neurosci. 2006 Mar;18(3):444-55. doi: 10.1162/089892906775990606.

    PubMed 16513008
  • Verbruggen F, Aron AR, Stevens MA, Chambers CD. Theta burst stimulation dissociates attention and action updating in human inferior frontal cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Aug 3;107(31):13966-71. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1001957107. Epub 2010 Jul 14.

    PubMed 20631303

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.

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 7 inclusion and 8 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 8 May 2020. 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 France. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

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 Mircea POLOSAN, Professor (mpolosan@chu-grenoble.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change from baseline of the score at the Yale - Brown Obsessive and Compulsive Scale (time frame: at baseline and at day 21). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02884674, which also lists 34 linked publications.

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 8 May 2020.

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