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Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Relieves Maternal Care Impairment

NCT06743724 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2026-06-02

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Summary

Objective: To evaluate the overall efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of maternal care impairment (MCI) and to explore the central mechanism of rTMS for MCI.

Design: Combined functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with Maternal Care Rating Scale (MCRS) were used to pinpoint hyperactive brain regions of patients with low MCRS score. Therefore, a clinical trial was performed to validate the therapeutic potential of rTMS in low MCRS score patients.

Conditions

  • Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Maternal Care Patterns

Interventions

DEVICE

rTMS group

Patients with low score of Maternal Care Rating Scale received repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation at 1 Hz/s for 20 minutes for 2 week.

DEVICE

Sham device

For the sham rTMS group, the coil was placed over the ACC with the rTMS function disabled and pre-recorded acoustic artifacts were played to mimic the auditory experience of the rTMS group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Soochow University

    collaborator OTHER

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guangyin Xu, Prof. · The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-14
Primary Completion
2026-04-09
Completion
2026-04-09

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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