Evaluation of the Deep TMS H-Coil in the Treatment of Major Depression- Augmentation of Antidepressant Medication

Hadassah Medical Organization57 enrolled

Overview

Evaluation of the novel deep TMS H-Coil design as an augmentation measure in the treatment of medication resistant major depression. Stimulation is administered with and without cognitive-emotional provocation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Major Depression

Interventions

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)DEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed as suffering from treatment resistant major depression * Right laterality Exclusion Criteria: * other major axis I diagnosis * severe axis II diagnosis * risk factors to convulsions * history of drug abuse in the past year

Locations (2)

Beer Yaacov Medical Center

Beer Yaacov, Israel

Biological psychiatry unit, Psychiatric ward, Hadassah Medical organization

Jerusalem, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HAMILTON RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION 24 items

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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