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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an investigational and therapeutic modality that impacts the connection strength between neurons by delivering patterned energy. In response to this patterned energy neurons fire and adapt by changing their connection strengths. This change in connection strengths is believed to be the underlying mechanism whereby this intervention has therapeutic benefit for this intervention in conditions such as depression. The purpose of this study is to test a means of enhancing the effect of rTMS using a medication (cycloserine) that has been shown to augment and stabilize activity dependent neuronal changes. The investigators wish to use the motor system, where the associated muscle response to brain stimulation can be measured, to probe activity dependent changes in connection strength between neurons.


Clinical Trial Description

This randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial will enroll 12 participants with Major Depressive Disorder. In one arm of the study, participants will randomly receive either 100mg of d-cycloserine (DCS, an antibiotic) or a placebo capsule, and participants will receive the other intervention one week later. 1. We will recruit 12 participants aged 18-60 through community advertisement, carefully screened for exclusion factors related to rTMS and DCS. 2. After screening, participants will come to the lab for a semi-structured interview involving the MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for confirmation of the diagnosis of depression, and the absence of substance use disorders, absence of psychosis, and absence of bipolar disorder. The severity of their depressive symptoms will be quantified with the semi-structured clinical instrument Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and participants will be retained in the study if their score is ≥15, indicating moderate severity. Finally, the antidepressant treatment history will be collected using the Antidepressant Treatment History Form. 3. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned by random number sequence with allocation concealment to one of two first arms of the crossover study: a) placebo-DCS 100mg and b) DCS 100mg-placebo. 4. Participants will complete the QIDS-SR (Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-Self Report), the MDQ (Mood Disorders Questionnaire), the BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory), and the STAI (State Trait Anxiety Inventory). Participants will report their perception of physical symptoms (potential side effects) in the 7 days before participating in the study taking the randomized capsule (Toronto Side Effects Scale - 1 Week). 5. Participants will take their blinded capsule at least 30 minutes prior to TBS (we anticipate that it will take approximately 30 minutes to do steps 5-7). 6. Electromyographic (EMG) electrodes will be positioned over the first dorsal interosseous (FDI) bilaterally. These are non-invasive electrodes that use an adhesive to stick to the skin. 7. Using neuronavigation in conjunction with an atlas brain, the M1 hand strip will be localized using single pulse TMS (MagPro X100). 8. Motor evoked potentials are measurements of muscle activation, in this case in response to TMS stimulation of the brain. We will use single pulse TMS to record the magnitude of responses. As a baseline, we will collect twenty single-pulse (120% resting motor threshold (RMT), 0.25Hz) MEPs every 5 minutes for the 15 minutes preceding TBS rTMS. 9. We will characterize a stimulus response curve by delivering single pulse TMS at stimulation intensities ranging from 100-150% of resting motor threshold in random order. 10. TBS rTMS will be applied to the FDI 'hotspot'. TBS consists of 2s trains every 10s. Trains are composed of 3 pulses at 50Hz, 200ms intervals, 80% RMT. Total time 190s and 600 pulses. 11. After TBS, twenty MEPs will be acquired (single pulse, 120% RMT, 0.25Hz) every 5 minutes for the first 30 minutes, at 60 minutes, at 90 minutes, and at 16Hrs (the following morning). 12. At the 90 minute and 16 Hrs timepoints, we will characterize stimulus response curves (MEPs at stimulus intensities ranging from 100-150% resting motor threshold presented in random order). 13. Participants will report their perception of side effects since taking the randomized capsule (Toronto Side Effects Scale - 1 Day). Participants will be asked if they believe they received the study medication or placebo in this first phase of the crossover trial. This study involves a crossover design, therefore after a minimum of 7 days, participants will return to the laboratory to repeat steps 4-13 with the other arm of the trial (i.e. participants who initially received the active study medication will instead receive the placebo, and the converse). ;


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NCT number NCT03511599
Study type Interventional
Source University of Calgary
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 1
Start date September 3, 2018
Completion date April 21, 2021

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