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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03145311
Other study ID # rTMS in ttt of DITS
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 15, 2017
Est. completion date August 30, 2017

Study information

Verified date September 2020
Source Assiut University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of rTMS on DITS. Twenty patients with DITS were recruited from the outpatient clinic of Aswan University Hospital. The patients were classified into two equal groups, 1st group received real high frequency rTMS at 100% RMT and the 2nd group received sham stimulation with the same pulse delivery but with the coil placed perpendicular to the scalp. For each patient 10 sessions were administered once per day for 5 consecutive days each week for two weeks. All patients were assessed before rTMS and immediately after the end of the 10 sessions. This study is double blinded (the doctor and the patients). Assessment with AIMS scale and different parameters of cortical excitability were performed before and after the end of sessions treatment.


Description:

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on drug induced tardive syndromes.

the effect of rTMS compare. Twenty patients with drug induced tardive syndromes were recruited from the outpatient clinic of Aswan University Hospital. The patients were classified into two equal groups, 1st group received real 20 Hz-rTMS at 100% RMT (a total of 2000 pulses to each hand area consisting of 10 trains of 200 pulses with intertrain interval 30 s), and the 2nd group received sham stimulation with the same pulse delivery as the 1st group but with the coil placed perpendicular to the scalp. For each patient 10 sessions were administered once per day for 5 consecutive days each week for two weeks. All patients were assessed before rTMS and immediately after the end of the 10 sessions. The patients did not know which type of stimulation they received and to ensure that, the study was double blinded the doctor who assessed the patients didn't know which type of stimulation the patients received. None of the patients had had rTMS before and were unaware of the type of stimulation.The AIMS scale and different parameters of cortical excitability were assessed before and after the end of session treatment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 20
Est. completion date August 30, 2017
Est. primary completion date August 30, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 21 Years to 79 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients with the spectrum of Tardive dyskinesia (TD) according to the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition (DSM IV)

Exclusion Criteria:

- None of the patients suffered from any other clinically relevant disorders.

- We exclude any patient with pacemaker or metallic devices

- patients with history of epilepsy or metabolic diseases.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Drug Induced Tardive Syndrome (DITS)
  • Syndrome

Intervention

Procedure:
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)


Locations

Country Name City State
Egypt Eman Khedr Assiut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Assiut University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change in AIMS score Measure the change in AIMS score at the end of the 10th session and then one month later. An average one month
Secondary Changes in cortical excitability Measure the change in cortical excitability before the 1st and then after the 10th session 10 days