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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02213016
Date of registration: 07/08/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Public title: Effectiveness of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Depressed Patients
Scientific title: Evaluation of the Efficacy of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Cognitive, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Patients Diagnosed With Major Depressive Disorder
Date of first enrolment: September 2013
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02213016
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Mexico
Contacts
Name:     Gabriela Armas, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +5255 56228222
Email: drgaba1@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Gabriela Armas-CastaƱeda, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +525556228222
Email: drgaba1@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of major depressive disorder

- Having a greater or equal score to 18 points in the Ham-D scale at the moment of the
initial evaluation

- Treatment free patients

Exclusion Criteria:

- Epilepsy or seizure risk record

- Carry metallic objects in the head (such as arterial clips, plates, screws), eye or
brain



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 35 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Major Depression
Intervention(s)
Device: Sham Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Device: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Total scores on the Hamilton depression scale depression [Time Frame: After 15 sessions of treatment and at 3 months follow up]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Performance on the Wisconsin card sorting test [Time Frame: After 15 sessions of treatment and at 3 months follow-up]
Secondary ID(s)
141-2011
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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