Evaluation of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) H-Coil in the Treatment of Major Depression

February 4, 2009 updated by: Shalvata Mental Health Center

Evaluation of the H1 Coil and H2 Coil TMS Device - Safety and Feasibility in Major Depression Episode

This study is evaluating the safety and feasibility of the novel deep TMS H-coil designs in the treatment of resistant major depression in an open study using two different H-coil designs.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Hod Hasharon, Israel
        • Shalvata MHC

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients diagnosed as suffering from treatment resistant major depression

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Other axis I diagnosis
  • Risk factors for convulsions
  • Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the last 9 months
  • History of drug abuse in the past year

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hilik Levkovits, Day care hospital director

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2006

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 7, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 7, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

March 8, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 5, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2009

Last Verified

March 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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