BTL-699-2 and HPM-6000UF Devices for the Improvement of Depressive Symptoms and Sexual Function Among Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age40+
SponsorBTL Industries Ltd.

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if the combined treatment with EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) and EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) devices is able to improve depressive symptoms and sexual function in women who are perimenopausal or postmenopausal without an alternative medical cause before enrollment in the study and are aged 40 years and older. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the combined treatment with EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) and EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) devices improve depressive symptoms and urinary incontinence? Participants will be asked to:

Undergo twelve treatments Complete the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Complete the 6-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Complete the Greene Climacteric Scale Complete the Therapy Comfort Questionnaire Complete the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form Complete the Female Sexual Function Index Complete the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale Complete the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale-Screen version Complete the Subject Satisfaction Questionnaire Complete the Therapy Comfort Questionnaire

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Menopause defined as 12 consecutive months with no menses without an alternative medical cause or perimenopause defined as occurrence of ≥ 60 days of amenorrhea without an alternative medical cause

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) pre-treatment score of ≥ 5

Age ≥ 40 years

Ability to determine the motor threshold of the participant. The participant's motor threshold could be established as the minimum stimulus required to induce contraction of the finger

Disqualifiers

Metallic objects in or near the head

rTMS devices are contraindicated for use in patients who have conductive, ferromagnetic or other magnetic-sensitive metals implanted in their head or within 12 in (30 cm) of the treatment coil*

Implanted stimulator devices, implanted defibrillators, implanted neurostimulators

Cardiac pacemakers

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) Active Treatment
  • EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) ActiveTreatment
  • EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) Sham Treatment
  • EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) Sham Treatment

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators