ADHDNCT05422274
Effect of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on ADHD
A study testing Transcranial Pulse Stimulation in people with ADHD, run by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University at 1 site in Hong Kong.
Trial summary
This is the first nationwide study using Transcranial Pulse Stimulation to evaluate its efficacy and safety on 30 young adolescents with ADHD. Six verum/ shamTPS sessions will be delivered to all subjects on a 1: 1 ratio, balanced by gender and age. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 17 years
- Conditions the study is for
- ADHD
- What is being tested?
- Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 32 participants
- Where
- 1 siteHong Kong
- Study dates
- 1 Jun 2022to 13 Jan 2023
- 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 12 to 17 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- have a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD according to the 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) of the American Psychiatric Association;
- ethic Chinese, aged 12-17, with no co-morbidity of other mental disorders (e.g., Intellectual Disability Disorder) and organic brain diseases that affected cognitive functions;
- no severe systemic diseases including heart, liver, lung, and kidney diseases;
- have an IQ >80 by Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition (SB-5);
- written consent by parents.
Who cannot join
- SNAP IV score <1;
- not taking ADHD medications in the past 2-4 weeks;
- treated with TMS/rTMS/tDCS or electroconvulsive therapy in the past 12 months;
- taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors in the past 14 days;
- have a history of epilepsy, brain trauma, brain surgery/brain tumour, brain aneurysm or other concomitant unstable major medical conditions like haemophilia or other blood clotting disorders or thrombosis;
- significant communicative impairments;
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- having metal implants in the brain treatment region /artificial cardiac pacemaker in-situ;
- taking corticosteroid treatment within the last six weeks before the first TPS treatment;
- have a history of micro-cavernomas.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on Young Adolescents with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder- a Pilot Randomized, Double-blinded, Sham-controlled Trial
This is the first nationwide study using Transcranial Pulse Stimulation to evaluate its efficacy and safety on 30 young adolescents with ADHD. Six verum/ shamTPS sessions will be delivered to all subjects on a 1: 1 ratio, balanced by gender and age. Attention deficit, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and oppositional defiance will be the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes include ADHD severity, frequency of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, executive function and neural connectivity changes via neuroimaging. Results emerging from this study will generate new knowledge to ascertain whether TPS can be used as a top-on treatment in ADHD.
Read the detailed description
Objectives of the study
- To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TPS on young adolescents (12-17 years) with ADHD in Hong Kong.
- To examine the association between TPS and ADHD core symptom severity, executive function, inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and oppositional defiance.
- To examine the brain functional connectivity changes immediately after the 2-week TPS treatment via neuroimaging.
Expected outcomes/Hypotheses:
- Participants in the verum TPS group or the sham TPS group will have <5% somatic discomfort in the 2-week TPS intervention and that TPS is a safe intervention on young adolescents with ADHD.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% reduction in the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP IV score) (i.e., attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse and oppositional defiance) after 2-weeks TPS treatment compared with the sham TPS group and be maintained at the 1- month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% improvement in the ADHD symptoms and behaviour compared with the sham TPS group after 2-weeks TPS treatment and be maintained at the 1-month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% improvement in executive function after 2 weeks TPS treatment compared with the sham TPS group and be maintained at the 1-month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% improvement in both attention deficit \& reduction in hyperactivity, impulsivity after 2 weeks TPS treatment compared with the sham TPS group, and be maintained at the 1 month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have more brain connectivity changes after 2-weeks TPS compared with the sham TPS group and be maintained at the 1 month \& 3-month follow-up.
Design: This is a two-armed, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.
Sample size:
To the best of our knowledge, there is no interventional study evaluating the efficacy of TPS on ADHD. Based on our previous open label pilot RCT 37 evaluating TPS on adults with Major Depressive Disorder that showed a large effect size (f = 0.47), we hypothesize a large effect of TPS in this study. We used G*power version 3.1.9.4 to calculate the target sample size. With a statistical power of 95% and a statistical significance level at 0.05 to detect a large between-groups effect size (f) of 0.47 with 4 measurement time points, each group will require 15 subjects. A total sample of 30 is required in this trial. The attrition rate in our pilot MDD trial was 0%. We expect that the attrition rate in this ADHD trial would be <5%. Subject dropping out the 2-week intervention period will be replaced by another enrolled subject in this pilot study.
Intervention (Transcranial Pulse Stimulation) Purpose of the intervention: The key tenets of the TPS intervention is neuromodulation, i.e., using ultrasound-based brain stimulation techniques to modulate the human brain in a focal and targeted manner. Intervention dose: Each participant should have the pre-treatment MRI scan performed in the University Research Facility in Behavioural and Systems Neuroscience, PolyU prior coming to the first intervention session. All participants (both TPS group and the sham-control group) will receive six 30 minute-TPS sessions (800 pulse in each session, total: 4800 pulse) in 2 weeks' time. Participants will be followed up immediately after post-stimulation in Week 2, and at 1-month and 3- month period after the intervention. The investigators believe that a 2-week TPS intervention is sufficient enough to test the effects of TPS on improving inattention and hyperactivity.
- Conditions
- ADHD
- Being tested
- Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
- Keywords
- Efficacy and Safety, Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
- 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 Pulse StimulationDevice
A total of 36 participants (both TPS group and the sham-control group) will receive six 30 minute-TPS sessions (800 pulse in each session, total: 4800 pulse) in 2 weeks' time (i.e., 3 sessions (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) per week, total: 3 hours), on a 1: 1 allocation ratio. Participants will be followed up immediately after the post-stimulation and at 1-month and 3-month period after the intervention. A 2-week TPS intervention alongside with 3-month follow-up is sufficient enough to test the effects of TPS on improving inattention and hyperactivity .
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Transcranial Pulse Stimulation (TPS group) | Experimental | Subjects in the TPS group will be given 6 verum TPS sessions (Pulse: 800 / session) across two weeks time, with 3 sessions per week. Receives: Device: Transcranial Pulse Stimulation |
| Sham TPS Group | Sham comparator | Subjects in the Sham TPS group will be given 6 sham TPS sessions across two weeks time, with 3 sessions per week. Receives: Device: Transcranial Pulse Stimulation |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse and oppositional defiance
The Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP IV) will be used to measure participants' attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse and oppositional defiance. SNAP IV consists of 26 items summarized into three factors: attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse, and oppositional defiance. Parents based on their general impressions on their children and rate the severity of symptoms on a Likert scale (0-3). Mean score <1 indicate "normal" or "remission"; Mean score of 1 is defined as the demarcation for attention deficit and hyperactivity impulsivity; mean score >2 indicated "abnormal".
SNAP-IV is a reliable and valid scale used in RCTs and has good psychometric properties in the Chinese population.
Measured: Changes in SNAP-IV scores from baseline at 3 months
Secondary outcomes (4)
Clinical global impression
CGI-S is a 7-point clinician rating scale is based upon observed and reported symptoms, behaviour, and function in the past seven days. CGI-I is a 7-point scale that requires the clinician to assess how much the patient's illness has improved or worsened relative to a baseline state at the beginning of the intervention.
Measured: Changes in CGI from baseline at 3 months
Executive function
Stroop test is a neuropsychological test commonly used to assess the inhibition control component of executive function and test the subject's ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing the target stimulus feature is impeded by the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute.
Measured: Changes in Stroop test from baseline at 3 months
The ADHD Rating Scale-IV
ADHD RS-IV is a widely used ADHD scale comprising 18 items. Participant's parent rates the frequency of each symptom on the scale. Each item scores on a 4-point Likert scale of 0-3 (0: never or rarely; 1: sometimes; 2: often; 3: very often). The 9 odd items evaluate attention deficits, composing the Inattention subscale (or IA); the 9 even items evaluate Hyperactivity Impulsivity, composing the Hyperactivity Impulsivity (or HI) subscale; the total score is the sum of all the scores on the 18 items. The ADHD RS-IV is a reliable and valid scale in the Chinese population.
Measured: Changes in ADHD RS-IV from baseline at 3 months
Neuroimaging
Participants will receive pre and post treatment MRI scan to measure any changes in structural and functional connectivity changes in the brain.
Measured: MRI will be assessed at baseline at immediately and 2 weeks after post-stimulation
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted16 Jun 2022
- Study start1 Jun 2022
- Primary completion13 Jan 2023
- Study completion13 Jan 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for ADHDStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Model description
- This is a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial.
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 32 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Teris Cheung, PhD, Principal investigator, HongKongPolyU
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05422274
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HongKongPU_HSEARS20220518006
- Status last verified
- Sep 2024
- First submitted
- 13 Jun 2022
- Last updated
- 13 Mar 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Cheung T, Yee BK, Chau B, Lam JYT, Fong KH, Lo H, Li TMH, Li AM, Sun L, Beisteiner R, Cheng CPW. Efficacy and safety of transcranial pulse stimulation in young adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a pilot, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. Front Neurol. 2024 May 9;15:1364270. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1364270. eCollection 2024.
PubMed 38784916Cheung T, Chau B, Fong KH, Lam JYT, Lo H, Li MH, Li AMMC, Beisteiner R, Lei S, Yee BK, Cheng CPW. Evaluating the efficacy and safety of transcranial pulse stimulation on adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Study protocol of a pilot randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. Front Neurol. 2023 Mar 28;14:1076086. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1076086. eCollection 2023.
PubMed 37056363
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Mar 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on Young Adolescents with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder- a Pilot Randomized, Double-blinded, Sham-controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05422274
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HongKongPU_HSEARS20220518006
- Conditions
- ADHD
- Keywords
- Efficacy and Safety, Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 32 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Jun 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 13 Jan 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 13 Jan 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 16 Jun 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is the first nationwide study using Transcranial Pulse Stimulation to evaluate its efficacy and safety on 30 young adolescents with ADHD. Six verum/ shamTPS sessions will be delivered to all subjects on a 1: 1 ratio, balanced by gender and age. Attention deficit, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and oppositional defiance will be the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes include ADHD severity, frequency of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, executive function and neural connectivity changes via neuroimaging. Results emerging from this study will generate new knowledge to ascertain whether TPS can be used as a top-on treatment in ADHD.
Detailed description
Objectives of the study
- To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TPS on young adolescents (12-17 years) with ADHD in Hong Kong.
- To examine the association between TPS and ADHD core symptom severity, executive function, inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and oppositional defiance.
- To examine the brain functional connectivity changes immediately after the 2-week TPS treatment via neuroimaging.
Expected outcomes/Hypotheses:
- Participants in the verum TPS group or the sham TPS group will have <5% somatic discomfort in the 2-week TPS intervention and that TPS is a safe intervention on young adolescents with ADHD.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% reduction in the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP IV score) (i.e., attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse and oppositional defiance) after 2-weeks TPS treatment compared with the sham TPS group and be maintained at the 1- month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% improvement in the ADHD symptoms and behaviour compared with the sham TPS group after 2-weeks TPS treatment and be maintained at the 1-month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% improvement in executive function after 2 weeks TPS treatment compared with the sham TPS group and be maintained at the 1-month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have 30% improvement in both attention deficit \& reduction in hyperactivity, impulsivity after 2 weeks TPS treatment compared with the sham TPS group, and be maintained at the 1 month \& 3-month follow-up.
- Participants in the verum TPS group will have more brain connectivity changes after 2-weeks TPS compared with the sham TPS group and be maintained at the 1 month \& 3-month follow-up.
Design: This is a two-armed, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.
Sample size:
To the best of our knowledge, there is no interventional study evaluating the efficacy of TPS on ADHD. Based on our previous open label pilot RCT 37 evaluating TPS on adults with Major Depressive Disorder that showed a large effect size (f = 0.47), we hypothesize a large effect of TPS in this study. We used G*power version 3.1.9.4 to calculate the target sample size. With a statistical power of 95% and a statistical significance level at 0.05 to detect a large between-groups effect size (f) of 0.47 with 4 measurement time points, each group will require 15 subjects. A total sample of 30 is required in this trial. The attrition rate in our pilot MDD trial was 0%. We expect that the attrition rate in this ADHD trial would be <5%. Subject dropping out the 2-week intervention period will be replaced by another enrolled subject in this pilot study.
Intervention (Transcranial Pulse Stimulation) Purpose of the intervention: The key tenets of the TPS intervention is neuromodulation, i.e., using ultrasound-based brain stimulation techniques to modulate the human brain in a focal and targeted manner. Intervention dose: Each participant should have the pre-treatment MRI scan performed in the University Research Facility in Behavioural and Systems Neuroscience, PolyU prior coming to the first intervention session. All participants (both TPS group and the sham-control group) will receive six 30 minute-TPS sessions (800 pulse in each session, total: 4800 pulse) in 2 weeks' time. Participants will be followed up immediately after post-stimulation in Week 2, and at 1-month and 3- month period after the intervention. The investigators believe that a 2-week TPS intervention is sufficient enough to test the effects of TPS on improving inattention and hyperactivity.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- This is a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Transcranial Pulse Stimulation (TPS group) | Experimental | Device: Transcranial Pulse StimulationSubjects in the TPS group will be given 6 verum TPS sessions (Pulse: 800 / session) across two weeks time, with 3 sessions per week. |
| Sham TPS Group | Sham comparator | Device: Transcranial Pulse StimulationSubjects in the Sham TPS group will be given 6 sham TPS sessions across two weeks time, with 3 sessions per week. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- have a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD according to the 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) of the American Psychiatric Association;
- ethic Chinese, aged 12-17, with no co-morbidity of other mental disorders (e.g., Intellectual Disability Disorder) and organic brain diseases that affected cognitive functions;
- no severe systemic diseases including heart, liver, lung, and kidney diseases;
- have an IQ >80 by Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition (SB-5);
- written consent by parents.
Key exclusion criteria (9 listed)
- SNAP IV score <1;
- not taking ADHD medications in the past 2-4 weeks;
- treated with TMS/rTMS/tDCS or electroconvulsive therapy in the past 12 months;
- taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors in the past 14 days;
- have a history of epilepsy, brain trauma, brain surgery/brain tumour, brain aneurysm or other concomitant unstable major medical conditions like haemophilia or other blood clotting disorders or thrombosis;
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Transcranial Pulse StimulationA total of 36 participants (both TPS group and the sham-control group) will receive six 30 minute-TPS sessions (800 pulse in each session, total: 4800 pulse) in 2 weeks' time (i.e., 3 sessions (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) per week, total: 3 hours), on a 1: 1 allocation ratio. Participants will be followed up immediately after the post-stimulation and at 1-month and 3-month period after the intervention. A 2-week TPS intervention alongside with 3-month follow-up is sufficient enough to test the effects of TPS on improving inattention and hyperactivity . | Device | Sham TPS Group, Transcranial Pulse Stimulation (TPS group) |
Primary outcome
Attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse and oppositional defiance
Time frame: Changes in SNAP-IV scores from baseline at 3 months
The Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP IV) will be used to measure participants' attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse and oppositional defiance. SNAP IV consists of 26 items summarized into three factors: attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse, and oppositional defiance. Parents based on their general impressions on their children and rate the severity of symptoms on a Likert scale (0-3). Mean score <1 indicate "normal" or "remission"; Mean score of 1 is defined as the demarcation for attention deficit and hyperactivity impulsivity; mean score >2 indicated "abnormal". SNAP-IV is a reliable and valid scale used in RCTs and has good psychometric properties in the Chinese population.
4 secondary outcomes
Clinical global impression
Time frame: Changes in CGI from baseline at 3 months
Executive function
Time frame: Changes in Stroop test from baseline at 3 months
The ADHD Rating Scale-IV
Time frame: Changes in ADHD RS-IV from baseline at 3 months
Neuroimaging
Time frame: MRI will be assessed at baseline at immediately and 2 weeks after post-stimulation
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Mar 2025.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38784916Cheung T, Yee BK, Chau B, Lam JYT, Fong KH, Lo H, Li TMH, Li AM, Sun L, Beisteiner R, Cheng CPW. Efficacy and safety of transcranial pulse stimulation in young adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a pilot, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. Front Neurol. 2024 May 9;15:1364270. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1364270. eCollection 2024.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 37056363Cheung T, Chau B, Fong KH, Lam JYT, Lo H, Li MH, Li AMMC, Beisteiner R, Lei S, Yee BK, Cheng CPW. Evaluating the efficacy and safety of transcranial pulse stimulation on adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Study protocol of a pilot randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. Front Neurol. 2023 Mar 28;14:1076086. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1076086. eCollection 2023.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Teris Cheung, PhD principal investigator
HongKongPolyU
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Transcranial Pulse Stimulation in people with ADHD, run by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University at 1 site in Hong Kong.
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 5 inclusion and 9 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Mar 2025. 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 Hong Kong. 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?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
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?
Attention deficit, hyperactivity impulse and oppositional defiance (time frame: Changes in SNAP-IV scores from baseline at 3 months). 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 NCT05422274, which also lists 2 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 13 Mar 2025.