Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) treatment for chronic tinnitus.
Completed
- Conditions
- chronic tinnitusNL: chronische tinnitus, oorsuizen
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20766
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of OtorhinolaryngologyUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 52
Inclusion Criteria
1. Chronic, non fluctuating, tinnitus, demonstrated by means of the Diagnostic Protocol Tinnitus UMCU, of at least two months duration.
2. Age >18 years
Exclusion Criteria
1. Treatable cause of the tinnitus
2. Use of anticonvulsant medication or other psychotherapeutic drugs
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Tinnitus severity measured with the tinnitus questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Tinnitus handicap inventory<br /><br>- VAS on burden, loudness, pitch, presence, variability and specific problems in daily life<br /><br>- Beck depression inventory<br /><br>- State trait anxiety index<br /><br>- tinnitus analysis (pitch, loudness, minimal masking level, residual inhibition)