This study aims to explore and investigate the therapeutic effect and mechanism of individualized localization of transcranial magnetic stimulation on emotional blunting of depression, improve the understanding of the mechanism of emotional blunting of depression, order to provide new treatment methods and better curative effects for this disease.
Depression is a common mental illness. The traditional treatment is medication, but many patients do not respond well to medication and have side effects such as emotional blunting. emotional blunting is a numbness to both positive and negative emotions. It is estimated that about 40% to 60% of depressed patients who use serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or 5-HT and norepinephrine (NE) reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have varying degrees of affective retardation. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a safe and non-invasive method for the treatment of depression. Its clinical efficacy is related to the accuracy of the stimulation target. How to carry out individualized accurate positioning is of great significance for improving the therapeutic effect.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
80
The stimulation sites of the true TMS group were mPFC-amygdala functional junction and SSRIs/SNRIs treatment, while the sham TMS group was treated with reversed magnetic head sham stimulation and SSRIs/SNRIs treatment.
XijingH
Xi'an, Shannxi, China
RECRUITINGChanges from Baseline on Oxford Depression Questionnaire scores during treatment and at each follow-up point.
The Oxford Depression Questionnaire(ODQ) is a relatively new tool for assessing emotional retardation, a self-rating scale.It includes three sections and 26 questions, focusing on the emotional experience of patients in the past week.Each question is scored on a 5-point scale from 1 (disagree) to 5 (agree). And summarized into a score for each dimension and a total score (total score range: 26-130). The higher the value on ODQ, the higher the level of emotional blunting.
Time frame: At baseline, at the end of treatment on day 7, at the end of treatment on day 15, 2 weeks after treatment, 4 weeks after treatment, and 8 weeks after treatment
Changes from Baseline on Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale scores or other clinical scales during treatment and at each follow-up point.
There are 10 items in the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale(MADRS), and each item is divided into 6 levels according to the identity level, with a score of 0-6 points. The total score of patients is 0-60. The higher the score of patients, the more severe the depression.
Time frame: At baseline,at the end of treatment on day 7, at the end of treatment on day 15, 2 weeks after treatment, 4 weeks after treatment, and 8 weeks after treatment
Changes of MRI from baseline to the end of 15 day treatment period.
Before and after treatment, MRI is performed for each patient to measure the blood oxygen level of each brain region, from which the functional connectivity between brain regions could be statistically obtained, and then the differences of the functional connectivity before and treatment are compared.
Time frame: Before treatment, 15 days
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