Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder With rTMS

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorUniversity of California, Los Angeles

About this trial

This project studies the effectiveness of brain stimulation on borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms. This study is blinded, randomized and will enroll up to 30 participants.

Participant will be consented for the study remotely via a secure internet platform called Zoom.

Participants will undergo up to 2 MRI scans, 2 brain wave recording sessions and up to 30 brain stimulation treatments, and complete symptom assessments and cognitive behavioral tasks on a computer. Participation requires minimum of 17 in person visits over the course of 2.5 months.

Participants are randomly assigned active or sham brain stimulation. Participants who received sham brain stimulation have the option to receive additional 15 active brain stimulation session.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age of 18-65

DSM-5 Diagnosis of BPD based upon a psychiatric evaluation and ZAN-BPD

Fluent English speaker

Signed informed consent

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups