Combined tDCS and TMS on Subjective Tinnitus and Combined Depression

N/ACompletedNCT04262050

Seoul National University Hospital80 enrolled

Overview

The investigators combined transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to increase the effective response of a single session of neuromodulation in subjective tinnitus.

To treat motor and psychiatric disorders, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are world-widely in use in clinics. The investigators combined these two types of neuromodulation techniques to increase the effective response of a single session of neuromodulation in subjective tinnitus. Experimental groups with 80 tinnitus subjects consisted of four different treatment groups which are tDCS, tDCS with sham TMS, tDCS-TMS and TMS group. Subjects were given 1.5milliampere (mA) tDCS on the bi-frontal area and TMS stimulated contralateral single side of the temporoparietal cortex with 200 pulses at 1herz (Hz) stimulation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Tinnitus Depression

Interventions

transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)DEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 80 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Research volunteers who agreed to participate in the clinical trial were gathered from the tinnitus clinic of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head-and-Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * psychoactive drug user * implanted material * pacemaker user

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Tinnitus handicap inventory

tinnitus-related questionnaire

Time frame: the same 1 day after treatment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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