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NCT05388539: TTT

TBS Treatment for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Completed NA Last updated 3 April 2024
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Theta Burst Stimulation in Major Depressive Disorder in 100 participants. Completed in 1 April 2024.

Timeline
6 June 2022
Primary endpoint
1 January 2024
1 April 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Sao Paulo
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingquadruple
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment100
Start date6 June 2022
Primary completion1 January 2024
Estimated completion1 April 2024
Sites1 location across Brazil

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Who can join

Adults 18 to 59, any sex, with Major Depressive Disorder or Unipolar Depression. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Depression is a highly disabling disease that is prevalent throughout the world. The treatments proposed and studied to date have shown to be partially effective in treating this condition. Neuromodulation strategies have been used as an alternative, especially for refractory and challenging cases. In this context, studies investigating the effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation, including the theta burst stimulation (TBS) modality, have been increasing in number. However, there is still a lack of information seeking to explore the maximum effectiveness in the TBS modality. Therefore, the investigators developed a new stimulation protocol consisting of 3 TBS sessions per day, with an offer of 1200 pulses per session and a 30-minute interval between sessions. The protocol will be performed for 15 days, totalizing 45 stimulation sessions. The stimulations will be directed to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (F3) and will be performed in a Magventure MagPro R30 device. The investigators will select 100 patients with unipolar major depression, following previously established inclusion and exclusion criteria, and will apply the protocol randomly, dividing the patients into an active and placebo group. The research team hypothesized that the active group patients will have greater improvement in symptoms of depression assessed by the 17-item hamilton depression scale over patients of the placebo group. In addition, other scales will be used for secondary outcomes. The researchers also hypothesized that there will be no difference between patients placed in the active or placebo groups in terms of side effects.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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