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Recruitment has been suspended in order to perform interim data analysis.
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| Manitoba Medical Service Foundation | OTHER |
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In a preliminary pilot study, the investigators tested the efficacy of rTMS over the medial prefrontal cortex in symptom profiles of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) patients. This study revealed considerable benefit in using rTMS for the treatment of OCD.
In the current proposal, in a randomized clinical trial, the investigators aim to further evaluate the efficacy of rTMS in OCD in a larger sample size and for a longer period. Studies into the efficacy of rTMS in other psychiatric disorders such as depression have consistently shown that extension of the treatment to four weeks significantly increased the effect size. In the pilot study, the investigators applied rTMS for only two weeks. Although all patients consistently showed improvement in their symptoms, none of them showed complete remission of their OCD. Here, the investigators hypothesize that longer duration of rTMS treatment will have greater benefit in OCD symptom reduction.
The purpose of study is to examine the efficacy of rTMS over the medial prefrontal cortex in the treatment of OCD.
rTMS will be provided to OCD patients in a randomized double blind controlled setting, and the investigators hypothesize that in this setting the treatment group would still show significant improvement in OCD symptoms as compared to the sham group.
rTMS will be applied for four weeks on OCD patients and the investigators will assess improvement after four weeks of rTMS. The investigators hypothesize that patients will show significantly greater improvement after four weeks of rTMS vs. two weeks of rTMS.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | Active Comparator | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
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| Sham rTMS | Sham Comparator | Sham Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | Device | A non-invasive method for brain stimulation |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in obsessive and compulsive symptom severity (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale) | Recordings: baseline; after two weeks of rTMS; after four weeks of rTMS; monthly for three months following the last session of rTMS |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| St. Boniface Hospital | Winnipeg | Manitoba | R3P2B4 | Canada |
| Type | Date | Date Unknown |
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| Release | Oct 1, 2021 | |
| Reset | Oct 29, 2021 |
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| Release Date | Unrelease Date | Unrelease Date Unknown | Reset Date | MCP Release Number |
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| Oct 1, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| ID | Term |
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| D009771 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
| ID | Term |
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| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| ID | Term |
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| D050781 | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| ID | Term |
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| D055909 | Magnetic Field Therapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Sham Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | Device | Sham stimulation of the brain. |
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