Precision Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression Based on Orbital Frontal Cortex-habenula Circuitry

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorXijing Hospital

About this trial

Thirty depressed patients will be recruited to select individualized transcranial magnetic stimulation targets based on individual orbital frontal cortex and habenula functional activity connectivity for 10 or 20 treatments to assess the efficacy and safety of this intervention

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Gender is not limited, age 18~60 years old;

Comply with the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (DSM-5) of the United States of America;

Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAMD) 17-item score ≥ 18;

The medication/psychotherapy received by the subject prior to the start of the study remained stable for at least 4 weeks .

Disqualifiers

History of serious somatic diseases or diseases that may affect the central nervous system (e.g., tumors, syphilis, etc.);

Neurological disorders or risk of seizures, such as previous craniosynostosis, head trauma, alcoholism, abnormal electroencephalograms, MRI evidence of structural abnormalities in the brain, or family history of epilepsy;

Patients with bipolar disorder and depression due to other psychiatric disorders (e.g., psychoactive and non-dependent substances);

Contraindications to MRI scanning or transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy, such as metal or electronic devices placed in the body (intracranial metal foreign bodies, cochlear implants, pacemakers and stents and other metal foreign bodies), space phobia;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • transcranial magnetic stimulation

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

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