Primary Progressive AphasiaTMS in PPANCT05860647
Transmagnetic Stimulation Pilot in Primary Progressive Aphasia
A study testing Intermittent theta burst stimulation in people with Primary Progressive Aphasia, run by HealthPartners Institute at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a non-Alzheimer's dementia that is the 2nd most common cause of dementia in the United States. FTD may present with focal language symptoms that are clinically described as primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 40 to 90 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- What is being tested?
- Intermittent theta burst stimulation
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 3 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 2 Oct 2023to 3 May 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
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 40 to 90 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Established diagnosis of NFV-PPA and SV-PPA based on criteria (Gorno-Tempini et al., 2011)
- Prior brain imaging performed
- Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)>10
- Subjects are between 40-90 years of age
Who cannot join
- Non-FTD dementia including, but not limited to Alzheimer's, disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, etc.
- Inability to tolerate rs-fMRI
- Contraindication of rs-fMRI due to implants or metal
- Seizure disorder
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
HealthPartners Neuroscience Center
Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55130
About this study
Official title: A Single Arm Study of Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Rs-fMRI)-Guided Theta Burst Stimulation (TBS) in Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a non-Alzheimer's dementia that is the 2nd most common cause of dementia in the United States. FTD may present with focal language symptoms that are clinically described as primary progressive aphasia (PPA). There are two types of PPA associated with FTD-semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (SV-PPA) and nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (NFV-PPA). Both diseases are progressive neurodegenerative disease processes that compromise dominant hemisphere large scale brain network function, ultimately resulting in mutism. There are currently no FDA-approved treatments for PPA and management is mostly supportive. In combination with resting state functional MRI (rs-fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) offers a non-invasive alternative to pharmacotherapy in persons with PPA. In our prior studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Lewy body Dementia (LBD) subjects, investigators have determined that the anterior temporal pole (area TGd and TGv) is an area that is commonly dysfunctional in dementia. The investigators have already embarked upon an fMRI guided study of iTBS in early stage Alzheimer's disease where subjects received a series of 5 treatments to distinct brain regions inclusive of area TGd. The investigators propose a case study of 3 PPA studies where rs-fMRI is applied to the large-scale language networks.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Being tested
- Intermittent theta burst stimulation
- Keywords
- transmagnetic stimulation, functional MRI guided Theta Burst Stimulation
- Medical subject headings
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Intermittent theta burst stimulationDevice
Also called Transmagnetic stimulation, MagVenture
MagVenture TMS Therapy with theta burst stimulation. Resting motor threshold: 80%; Number of pulses per session: 1200 pulses; Inter-train interval: 8 seconds; Pulse frequency in burst: 50 Hertz
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intermittent theta burst stimulation | Experimental | All subjects will receive treatment with intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS). There will be a total of 5 treatments over a 2-week period. All subjects will receive iTBS to the right TGd region. TBS treatment will also be provided for two additional sites within the large-scale brain networks (LSBNs) that is found to contain the greatest number of connectivity anomalies. Total participation will be 8-10 weeks. Receives: Device: Intermittent theta burst stimulation |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Connectivity Measures of the Left TGd, 55b, and STV Parcellations at Baseline and Post-treatment
The difference and corresponding 95% confidence interval between follow-up and baseline connectivity measures of the TGd parcellations. Range: -1 to 1.
Positive values indicate areas where connectivity is higher than healthy controls from the Human Connectome Project.
Measured: 6 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted16 May 2023
- Study start2 Oct 2023
- Primary completion3 May 2024
- Study completion3 May 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for Primary Progressive AphasiaStudies 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
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 3 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Michael H Rosenbloom, MD, Principal investigator, HealthPartners NeurologyKashyap Bhavani, PhD,MBBS, Principal investigator, HealthPartners Neuroscience Research
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05860647
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- A23-078
- Acronym
- TMS in PPA
- Status last verified
- May 2025
- First submitted
- 5 May 2023
- Last updated
- 3 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Single Arm Study of Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Rs-fMRI)-Guided Theta Burst Stimulation (TBS) in Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05860647
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TMS in PPA / A23-078
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Keywords
- transmagnetic stimulation, functional MRI guided Theta Burst Stimulation
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 3 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- HealthPartners InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 2 Oct 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 3 May 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 3 May 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 16 May 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 3 Jun 2025
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a non-Alzheimer's dementia that is the 2nd most common cause of dementia in the United States. FTD may present with focal language symptoms that are clinically described as primary progressive aphasia (PPA). There are two types of PPA associated with FTD-semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (SV-PPA) and nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (NFV-PPA). Both diseases are progressive neurodegenerative disease processes that compromise dominant hemisphere large scale brain network function, ultimately resulting in mutism. There are currently no FDA-approved treatments for PPA and management is mostly supportive. In combination with resting state functional MRI (rs-fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) offers a non-invasive alternative to pharmacotherapy in persons with PPA. In our prior studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Lewy body Dementia (LBD) subjects, investigators have determined that the anterior temporal pole (area TGd and TGv) is an area that is commonly dysfunctional in dementia. The investigators have already embarked upon an fMRI guided study of iTBS in early stage Alzheimer's disease where subjects received a series of 5 treatments to distinct brain regions inclusive of area TGd. The investigators propose a case study of 3 PPA studies where rs-fMRI is applied to the large-scale language networks.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intermittent theta burst stimulation | Experimental | Device: Intermittent theta burst stimulationAll subjects will receive treatment with intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS). There will be a total of 5 treatments over a 2-week period. All subjects will receive iTBS to the right TGd region. TBS treatment will also be provided for two additional sites within the large-scale brain networks (LSBNs) that is found to contain the greatest number of connectivity anomalies. Total participation will be 8-10 weeks. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 40 to 90 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Established diagnosis of NFV-PPA and SV-PPA based on criteria (Gorno-Tempini et al., 2011)
- Prior brain imaging performed
- Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)>10
- Subjects are between 40-90 years of age
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Non-FTD dementia including, but not limited to Alzheimer's, disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, etc.
- Inability to tolerate rs-fMRI
- Contraindication of rs-fMRI due to implants or metal
- Seizure disorder
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intermittent theta burst stimulationAlso: Transmagnetic stimulation, MagVentureMagVenture TMS Therapy with theta burst stimulation. Resting motor threshold: 80%; Number of pulses per session: 1200 pulses; Inter-train interval: 8 seconds; Pulse frequency in burst: 50 Hertz | Device | Intermittent theta burst stimulation |
Primary outcome
Connectivity Measures of the Left TGd, 55b, and STV Parcellations at Baseline and Post-treatment
Time frame: 6 weeks
The difference and corresponding 95% confidence interval between follow-up and baseline connectivity measures of the TGd parcellations. Range: -1 to 1. Positive values indicate areas where connectivity is higher than healthy controls from the Human Connectome Project.
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Jun 2025.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- 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.
Michael H Rosenbloom, MD principal investigator
HealthPartners Neurology
Kashyap Bhavani, PhD,MBBS principal investigator
HealthPartners Neuroscience Research
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Intermittent theta burst stimulation in people with Primary Progressive Aphasia, run by HealthPartners Institute at 1 site in United States.
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 4 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 3 Jun 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 United States. 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?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 3 Jun 2025). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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?
Connectivity Measures of the Left TGd, 55b, and STV Parcellations at Baseline and Post-treatment (time frame: 6 weeks). 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 3 Jun 2025.