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Behavioural Intervention

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Anxiety (rTMSinCP Trial)

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Led By Mehmet Dokucu, MD, PhD
Research Sponsored by Northwestern University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 0, 2, 4, and 6 weeks
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rTMSinCP Trial Summary

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cancer Patients With Depression and Anxiety

Eligible Conditions
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Cancer

rTMSinCP Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~0 and 6 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 0 and 6 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Overall change in depression severity
Presence and changes in severity of side effects
Relative change in depression severity
Secondary outcome measures
Correlation of anxiety with change in depression severity
Anxiety
Overall change in anxiety severity
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rTMSinCP Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Right-Sided Low-Frequency rTMSExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will have rTMS administered at 1Hz to the right dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (dlPFC) once a day for 40 minutes, 5 days a week, for a total of six weeks.
Group II: Left-Sided High-Frequency rTMSExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will have rTMS administered at 10Hz to the left dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (dlPFC) once a day for 40 minutes, 5 days a week, for a total of six weeks.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
2019
Completed Phase 2
~780

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwestern UniversityLead Sponsor
1,585 Previous Clinical Trials
917,211 Total Patients Enrolled
20 Trials studying Anxiety
14,553 Patients Enrolled for Anxiety
NeuroneticsOTHER
22 Previous Clinical Trials
7,532 Total Patients Enrolled
Mehmet Dokucu, MD, PhD2.33 ReviewsPrincipal Investigator - Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is my profile suitable to become a participant in this research?

"This trial is limited to a total of 20 participants who have achieved remission from cancer, and are aged between 22 and 80."

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Does this research program permit participants aged 25 or older?

"Patients who meet the qualifications for this trial must be between 22 and 80 years of age. For those younger than 18 or older than 65, there are 263 and 1172 clinical trials available respectively."

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Is enrolment still available for this clinical research endeavour?

"As per clinicaltrials.gov, this medical study is not presently recruiting patients; the trial was started on December 1st 2012 and most recently updated on January 11th 2023. Despite this, there are a multitude of other trials that need participants at present - 1589 to be exact."

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What is the ultimate goal of this medical experiment?

"This trial's primary outcome is the relative modification in depression severity over a 6 week period. Secondary metrics include changes to anxiety levels (as gauged by the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale) between treatment arms, overall alteration of anxiety scores among both groups and the correlation between initial anxiety scores and final depression results for each arm."

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~2 spots leftby Apr 2025