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Bipolar Disorder, ManicNCT03016104

Magnetic Seizure Therapy vs. Electroconvulsive Therapy for Bipolar Mania

A study testing Magpro X100 + Option, ThymatronSystem Ⅳ Electroconvulsive System and treatment as usual (TAU) in people with Bipolar Disorder, Manic, run by Shanghai Mental Health Center at 1 site in China.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

This trial attempts to evaluate the treatment efficacy of magnetic seizure therapy (MST) and its safety for bipolar mania. Half of the participants will receive MST, while the other half will receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 55 years
Conditions the study is for
Bipolar Disorder, Manic
What is being tested?
Magpro X100 + Option, ThymatronSystem Ⅳ Electroconvulsive System and treatment as usual (TAU)
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
Nov 2016to Dec 2017
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 to 55 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • DSM-5 diagnosis of bipolar I disorder and currently in a manic episode;
  • convulsive therapy clinically indicated, such as severe psychomotor excitement or retardation, attempts of suicide, being highly aggressive, pharmacotherapy intolerance, and ineffectiveness of antipsychotics;
  • the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) score ≥ 60;
  • informed consent in written form.

Who cannot join

  • diagnosis of other mental disorders;
  • severe physical diseases, such as stroke, heart failure, liver failure, neoplasm, and immune deficiency;
  • present with a laboratory abnormality that could impact on efficacy of treatments or safety of participants;
  • failure to respond to an adequate trial of ECT lifetime;
  • are pregnant or intend to get pregnant during the study;
  • other conditions that investigators consider to be inappropriate to participate in this trial.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Shanghai Mental Health Center

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200030

Other trials in China

About this study

This trial attempts to evaluate the treatment efficacy of magnetic seizure therapy (MST) and its safety for bipolar mania. Half of the participants will receive MST, while the other half will receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Read the detailed description

Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) is likely to be an alternative options to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Widespread stimulation of cortical and subcortical regions is inevitable for ECT since the substantial impedance of the scalp and skull shuts most of the electrical stimulus away from the brain. Nevertheless, magnetic pulses are capable to focus the stimulus to a specific area of the brain because they can pass the scalp and skull without resistance. In Addition, electric current will penetrate into deeper structures, while magnetic stimulus are only capable to reach a depth of a few centimeters. As a consequence, MST are able to generate focus stimuli on superficial regions of the cortex while ECT can't, which may give MST the capability to produce comparable therapeutic benefits with the absence of apparent cognitive side effects.

Being tested
Magpro X100 + Option, ThymatronSystem Ⅳ Electroconvulsive System, treatment as usual (TAU)
Keywords
magnetic seizure therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, bipolar mania, cognition, controlled trial
Medical subject headings
Bipolar Disorder

What participants receive

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

  • Magpro X100 + OptionDevice

    Also called magnetic seizure therapy

    In addition to treatment as usual (TAU), participants were supposed to receive ten sessions of MST in four weeks, with three sessions per week in the first two weeks and two sessions per week in the following two weeks.

  • ThymatronSystem Ⅳ Electroconvulsive SystemDevice

    Also called electroconvulsive therapy

    In addition to treatment as usual (TAU), participants were supposed to receive ten sessions of modified ECT in four weeks, with three sessions per week in the first two weeks and two sessions per week in the following two weeks

  • treatment as usual (TAU)Other

    Participants will engage in their inpatient treatment program as-usual.

Study groups in NCT03016104
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
magnetic seizure therapyExperimental10 treatment sessions of MST, three times per week in the first two weeks, two times per in the following two weeks.
Receives: Device: Magpro X100 + Option; Other: treatment as usual (TAU)
electroconvulsive therapyActive comparator10 treatment sessions of modified-ECT, three times per week in the first two weeks, two times per in the following two weeks.
Receives: Device: ThymatronSystem Ⅳ Electroconvulsive System; Other: treatment as usual (TAU)

What is being measured

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

  1. changes in The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)

    Measured: At baseline, 4-week follow-up, and 8-week follow-up

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. changes in MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB)

    Measured: At baseline and 4-week follow-up

  2. changes in Clinical Global Impressions (CGI)

    Measured: At baseline and 4-week follow-up

  3. changes in motor threshold (MT)

    using single-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (sTMS)

    Measured: At baseline and the day after the first treatment

  4. changes in brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)levels

    measured by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)

    Measured: At baseline, the day after the first treatment, and at 4-week follow-up

  5. changes in resting state network

    measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

    Measured: At baseline, the day after the first treatment, and at 4-week follow-up

  6. changes in auditory evoked potential (AEP)

    measured by electroencephalogram (EEG)

    Measured: At baseline and the day after the first treatment

  7. changes in Novel P300

    measured by electroencephalogram (EEG)

    Measured: At baseline and the day after the first treatment

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Jan 2017 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2016
  3. Primary completionOct 2017 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2017 (estimated)

Why it stopped: The problems of MST device

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
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03016104
Sponsor's protocol ID
SHDC12014111b
Status last verified
May 2022
First submitted
21 Dec 2016
Last updated
11 May 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Magpro X100 + Option, ThymatronSystem Ⅳ Electroconvulsive System and treatment as usual (TAU) in people with Bipolar Disorder, Manic, run by Shanghai Mental Health Center at 1 site in China.

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 4 inclusion and 6 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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 May 2022. 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 China. 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.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

changes in The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) (time frame: At baseline, 4-week follow-up, and 8-week follow-up). 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 11 May 2022.

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