This trial will compare innovating stimulation parameters, intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation, to the standard high frequency stimulation protocol. The Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, targeted by MRI navigation will be the site of stimulation in both treatment conditions. The study seeks to determine if there is a superiority in therapeutic efficacy with iTBS protocol compared to conventional one.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
CHU de Nantes
Nantes, France
Therapeutic response rate
Primary outcome will be therapeutic response rate corresponding to with MADRS score improvement \> 50 % in each group at the end of TMS sessions and one month after. A final score of \<8 is categorized as remission.
Time frame: 6 months
Relapse rate
Time frame: 6 months
Quality of life
Time frame: 6 months
Measures of cortical excitability
Time frame: 6 months
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