34
Participants
Start Date
July 24, 2019
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2020
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2021
Active standardized iTBS-DMPFC
Participants in the standardized dosage(600 pulse) of intermittent TBS(iTBS) active stimulation group will receive 3-week three-pulse 50-Hz bursts administered every 200 milliseconds (at 5 Hz) at an intensity of 80% active motor threshold (MT) to bilateral DMPF, twice a day. Bilateral side DMPFC will be targeted by MRI-neuronavigation system. Stimulation will be delivered to the DMPFC using a Magstim stimulator.
Active high-dosage iTBS-DMPFC
Participants in the standardized dosage(1800pulse) of intermittent TBS(iTBS) active stimulation group will receive 3-week three-pulse 50-Hz bursts administered every 200 milliseconds (at 5 Hz) at an intensity of 80% active motor threshold (MT) to bilateral DMPF, twice a day. Bilateral side DMPFC will be targeted by MRI-neuronavigation system. Stimulation will be delivered to the DMPFC using a Magstim stimulator.
Sham standardized iTBS-DMPFC or high-dosage iTBS-DMPFC
Half of the patients in the sham group received 3-week the same standardized iTBS parameter stimulation (standardized sham-iTBS), and the other half received the same high dosage iTBS parameter stimulation using a sham coil (high dosage sham-rTMS), which also improved the blinding process
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
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