Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treating Depression: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

February 8, 2019 updated by: Washington University School of Medicine

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: A Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fcMRI) Study

This protocol, "Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): A Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fcMRI) Study," is an open-label pilot treatment study. The purpose of the present protocol is to treat participants with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with 4 weeks of rTMS, performing fcMRI and EEG studies prior to and following treatment to determine if treatment response is related to changes in fcMRI and/or EEG results. The investigators hypothesize that patients who respond to treatment will display changes in functional connectivity patterns thought to be related to the occurrence of depressive symptoms.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Depression is accompanied by rumination that supports inwardly focused cognitive attention on negative events and emotions. There is evidence to indicate that one aspect of this ruminative behavior lies in an abnormal increase in intra-regional connectivity among elements of the default mode network (DMN). It is also widely recognized that depression is associated with disturbances of cognition that include deficits in attentional processing, including both reductions in processing speed and deficits in selective attentional processing that are considered a part of executive function. Thus, there is at least equal reason to believe that attention and executive control networks might show changes in intra-regional functional connectivity. Given the attentional deficits associated with MDD, we hypothesize that there will be a weakening of intra-network resting state BOLD functional connectivity (rs-fcMRI) in addition to the strengthened connectivity reported by others.Further, we suggest that these shifts in intra-regional connectivity extend to the well-recognized anti-correlated activity between these two networks and support the intrusion of introspective, ruminative thought on cognitive activities that require externally directed attention. To test this hypothesis, we will use fMRI resting state functional connectivity to examine shifts in network connectivity prior to and following rTMS treatment for depression.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

4

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • United States
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • Washington University

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 50 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

SCREENING/DIAGNOSTIC REQUIREMENTS:

  • Male or female outpatients, ages 18-50 (some literature has shown increasing cortical distance with age that may affect treatment outcome
  • Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression (HRSD-24) > 18
  • New onset major depression or untreated recurrent major depression per DSM-IV-TR38 criteria.
  • Not taking antidepressant medication or any other psychotropic medication
  • Using an adequate contraceptive method
  • Able to give informed consent
  • Available for 4 weeks of daily therapy, working hours, Mon.-Fri.
  • English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

DIAGNOSTIC EXCLUSIONS:

  • Co-morbid psychiatric diagnosis of bipolar disorder, acute OCD, schizophrenia or schizoaffective or concurrent treatment with outpatient ECT, or personality disorder or MDD with suicidal ideation as determined by history and/or by P.I. examination requiring hospital admission or referral for acute care.
  • Previous failure to respond to treatment with rTMS
  • Failure to achieve satisfactory improvement in depression after two or more adequate trials of antidepressant medications.

MEDICAL EXCLUSIONS:

  • Patients newly diagnosed with thyroid dysfunction
  • History of drug and/or ETOH dependence
  • History of seizures
  • History of head injury with loss of consciousness > 5 minutes
  • Any implantable metal object in the skull or near their head
  • Any implantable devices such as a cardiac pacemaker, vagal nerve stimulator, etc.
  • Positive urine pregnancy test
  • Severe migraine headaches uncontrolled with routine non-narcotic medication
  • Any medical condition in the opinion of the Investigator that might confound the results of the study Contraindications to fcMRI procedure
  • Intake of NSAIDS, narcotic or muscle relaxants within 72 hours of the fMRI protocol.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Left-handedness (may influence cerebral cortical hemispheric dominance).
  • Inability to tolerate, or medical contraindication to MRI testing (e.g. metal prostheses or implants, history of claustrophobia)

PROTOCOL SPECIFIC EXCLUSIONS:

  • Unable to determine motor threshold for determining treatment dose with rTMS device
  • Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE)70 score < 24.

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: Basic Science
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Open-label transcranial magnetic stimulation
Device: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Four 100-second trains and then one 65-second train, with 30-second inter-train intervals, at 1 Hz and 120% of the resting motor threshold will be applied over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Subsequently, twenty-five 30-second trains, with a 30-second inter-train interval, at 10 Hz and 120% of the resting motor threshold will be applied over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
Other Names:
  • Magstim Rapid stimulator

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-24 Point Version (HDRS-24)
Time Frame: At study entry and within 2 days of exiting 4 weeks of rTMS treatment
HDRS-24 will be used to measure response to rTMS treatment. A 50% decrease in HDRS-24 score will indicate treatment response; HDRS-24 < 10 will indicate remission.
At study entry and within 2 days of exiting 4 weeks of rTMS treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
fCMRI Results
Time Frame: At study entry and within 2 days of exiting 4 weeks of rTMS treatment
Imaging studies will be compared to determine if any changes in functional connectivity can be correlated with treatment response.
At study entry and within 2 days of exiting 4 weeks of rTMS treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jose Garcia, MD, Washington University School of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 30, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 13, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

July 14, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 18, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 8, 2019

Last Verified

February 1, 2019

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • WUSM3621222-201110079

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