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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Depression
This study has been completed.
First Received: July 3, 2001   Last Updated: January 20, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs
Information provided by: Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00018746
  Purpose

The study examines efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treating severely depressed patients who are medicated.


Condition Intervention Phase
Depression
Device: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Phase I

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Crossover Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: Efficacy of Threshold vs. Subthreshold TMS in the Treatment of Depression

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Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Study Start Date: July 1999
Estimated Study Completion Date: July 2001
Detailed Description:

Medicated, treatment resistant, depressed patients are randomized to active or sham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Responding patients go into a six months follow-up period.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

severe treatment-resistant depression

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00018746

Locations
United States, Connecticut
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06516
Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Investigator: Ralph Hoffman
Investigator: Dan Oren
  More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: MHBS-037-98S
Study First Received: July 3, 2001
Last Updated: January 20, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00018746     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depression
Mental Disorders
Mood Disorders
Depressive Disorder
Behavioral Symptoms

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