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rTMS in Elderly Depressed:Neuronavegated Study

NCT01255072 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2011-06-30

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Summary

This double-blind, controlled and randomized study intents to investigate the antidepressive response of rTMS on the elderly population.This is the first neuronavegated pulse intensity corrected study of rTMS in elderly depressed patients.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

20 Sham daily sessions:25 trains, 10seconds at 5Hz, train interval of 25 seconds (time off). Target: left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

PROCEDURE

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

20 daily sessions: each one with 25 trains of 10seconds at 5Hz, train interval of 25 seconds (time off), pulse intensity corrected based on atrophy degree by a specific correction formule. Target: left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bianca B. Bellini · Department and Institute os Psychiatry, General Hospital, University Of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Diseases

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