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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Borderline Personality Disorder

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Borderline Personality Disorder
Registration Number
NCT01076933
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Toulouse
Brief Summary

Primary purpose : to assess the effect on neuropsychological tasks related to planning of 10 daily sessions of right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients.

Hypothesis : BPD patients receiving 10 sessions of rTMS will have greater improvement in the average number of move to achieve tasks of the Tower of London, than those receiving sham rTMS.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
13
Inclusion Criteria
  • 20 to 45 years old
  • Borderline Personality Disorder (Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Personality Disorder > 8)
  • psychiatric follow-up
  • righthander
  • informed consent
  • affiliated to medical insurance
Exclusion Criteria
  • bipolar disorder
  • substance use disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder or Stress Post Traumatic Disorder
  • history of epilepsy
  • neurosurgery
  • cardiac pacemaker
  • lefthander
  • involuntary admission
  • participation in an other research
  • legal guardianship
  • poor mastery of french.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tower of LondonInclusion, 15th day, 30th day and 3rd month
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Balloon Analog Risk TaskInclusion, 15th day, 30th day and 3rd month
Micro-World TestInclusion, 15th day and 3rd month
Borderline Personality Disorder Severity IndexPre-inclusion, 30th day and 3rd month
Symptom Check List - 90Inclusion, 15th day, 30th day and 3rd month
Barratt Impulsivity ScaleInclusion and 3rd month
Global Assessment ScaleInclusion and 3rd month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lionel Cailhol

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Toulouse, University Hospital Toulouse, France

Lionel Cailhol
🇫🇷Toulouse, University Hospital Toulouse, France

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