Clinical trials: rTMS
Isolated Focal Hand Dystonia
Neuromodulation Therapy for Task-Specific Dystonia
This study aims to apply a non-invasive brain stimulation technology called repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in patients with focal hand dystonia (FHD).
- Trial name
- NCT06422104
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Healthy
Pilot Study for the Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the Brain Using an Electronic Medical Device
This study is a randomized, double-blind, and sham-controlled trial to examine the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the brain of health individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT02932085
- Testing
- Neurostar TMS Therapy System, NeuroStar XPLOR System
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
Normal Behavioral Patterns
Modulating the Hippocampal and Striatal Memory Networks With rTMS
Background: People have 2 memory systems. One helps them learn skills and the other helps them learn facts. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) uses electric currents to activate brain cells.
- Trial name
- NCT03994120
- Testing
- RTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder
Neural Mechanisms of the Sensorymotor Circuit in Sensory Phenomena in OCD
The goal of this clinical study is to investigate the neural mechanisms of abnormal sensory phenomena in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and to evaluate whether modulation of the insula-supplementary motor area…
- Trial name
- NCT07480408
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Healthy
Does the Insula Control Smoking-Induced Dopamine Release? A TMS/[11C]-PHNO Study in Humans.
Findings from this study may demonstrate how the insula contributes to reward pathways involved in addiction. There are three main hypotheses for this trial.
- Trial name
- NCT02212405
- Testing
- repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Smoking Cessation
Enhancing Relapse Prevention for Smoking Cessation With Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Tobacco use is one of the most significant cancer control and public health challenges in the US today. Half of all smokers in the US will attempt to quit tobacco each year, but fully 95% of those who attempt to quit will reverse…
- Trial name
- rTMS (NCT02822703)
- Testing
- rTMS Active 20Hz
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The City College of New York
Internet Gaming Disorder
The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Internet Gaming Disorder
This study aims to investigate the intervention effects of navigated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on craving regulation in individuals with internet gaming disorder (IGD).
- Trial name
- NCT06634498
- Testing
- real rTMS on the dlPFC
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jin-tao Zhang
Major Depression in Remission, Healthy
Predicting Illness Trajectories In Fully Remitted Major Depression Using Concurrent TBS/fNIRS
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the world's leading cause of disability according to the World Health Organization. MDD is highly recurrent, even if clinical remission is reached after successful treatment.
- Trial name
- TBS/fNIRS (NCT05579015)
- Testing
- Theta-burst stimulation (TBS), telephone interviews
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Major Depressive Disorder
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With a Depressive Episode - RCT Trial
The study is planned as a randomized, double-blind, active comparator-controlled and sham-controlled parallel trial, in which raters and participants will be blinded to the group selection.
- Trial name
- NCT05543421
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw Medical University
Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder
Depression-Reduction by Accelerated Personalized NeuroModulation and Its Effects on Sleep
Advances in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) protocols with intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) have significantly decreased the duration for one single session and thereby enabled accelerated treatment…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder
- Trial name
- DREAMS (NCT04832750)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oldenburg
Parkinson Disease
The Effect of Multi-target Magnetic Stimulation on Freezing Gait in PD
This study is a double-blinded randomized study examining the effectiveness of the multi-target magnetic stimulation treatment on Freezing of Gait (FOG) phenomenon in patients with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05174299
- Testing
- magnetic stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Repetitive TMS (rTMS), Sham rTMS
Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Object Recognition
Background: The brain has natural rhythms called brain waves. An electroencephalogram (EEG) can record these rhythms. When people identify the picture of a familiar object shown on a computer screen, the communication between…
- Conditions
- Repetitive TMS (rTMS), Sham rTMS, Bilateral rTMS, Unilateral rTMS
- Trial name
- NCT01747200
- Testing
- Bilateral rTMS at same frequency and in phase, Bilateral rTMS at different frequencies, Bilateral rTMSat same frequency and out of phase
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy
Stability of rTMS on Cognition and Brain Networks on Healthy Subjects.
Episodic and working memory processes are the most affected cognitive domains in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and its early stage, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
- Trial name
- NCT01861639
- Testing
- ineffective rTMS, active TBS, fMRI
- Where
- 2 sites in France, Spain
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qualissima
Cerebellar Ataxia, Dysarthria
The Role of Cerebellum in Speech
This study will investigate the how the cerebellum is involved in speech motor learning over time and short-term corrections in patients with cerebellar ataxia and healthy controls.
- Conditions
- Cerebellar Ataxia, Dysarthria, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT03972202
- Testing
- MRI, TMS, Speech-motor behavioral testing
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Tobacco Use, Cigarette Smoking
RTMS Targets Neural Circuits for Smoking Cessation
Cigarette smoking is a significant public health concern. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive form of brain stimulation that has already displayed remarkable potential for producing novel…
- Trial name
- NCT04903028
- Testing
- Active rTMS 10 Hz DLPFC
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Efficacy Study of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
This study aimed at verifying whether sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over a certain brain area (the supplementary motor area) could be useful in the relief of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT01540305
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Brasilia
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Function-metabolism Coupling in Decision-making Confidence Neural Network of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
This study, a case-control study, aims to investigate the function-metabolism coupling in decision-making confidence neural network of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT05563935
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression
Neurocardiac Predictors of Treatment Response to RTMS in Depression
Heartbeat is controlled by the brain and is regular but flexible to change in response to environmental and internal stimuli. This feature is known as heart rate variability (HRV).
- Trial name
- NCP (NCT05139862)
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Adult Brain Tumor
Induction of Cortical Plasticity
The study aims to induce plastic reorganization by a therapeutic protocol to increase the rate of gross total resection (GTR) and to optimize the oncological result.
- Trial name
- NCT04553341
- Testing
- Navigated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Essential Tremor
Dual-Site Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Supplementary Motor Area and Cerebellum for the Treatment of Essential Tremor.
Essential tremor is a common movement disorder that causes involuntary shaking, mainly during voluntary actions such as writing or holding objects.
- Trial name
- NCT07344194
- Testing
- Dual-site repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the supplementary motor area and cerebellum
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- São Paulo State University