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TBS,TMS, Suicidal Ideation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Late Life Depression
Registration Number
NCT05010915
Lead Sponsor
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
125
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> 1. Age > 50 years.<br><br> 2. Major depressive disorder (MDD).<br><br> 3. Right handiness<br><br> 4. with a score = 12 on the Beck Scale of Suicidal Ideation (BSSI) and a score of at<br> least 3 on Question #3 (Suicide: 3 ideas and gestures of suicide) of the HAMD<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> 1. Inability to provide informed consent.<br><br> 2. Dementia, as defined by MoCA 23/24. Other major mental or current psychotic symptoms<br><br> 3. Active current suicidal intent as evidenced or the endorsement of an actual attempt,<br> interrupted attempt,<br><br> 4. Have known preexisting noise-induced hearing loss, concurrent treatment with<br> ototoxic medications, or with cochlear implants are on medications known to lower<br> seizure threshold.<br><br> 5. Alcohol or other substances abuse of or dependence on within the past 3 months<br> Organic brain, head trauma,<br><br> 6. Elevated risk of seizure due to TBI<br><br> 7. Participation in concurrent clinical trial<br><br> 8. Non-correctable clinically significant sensory impairment (i.e., cannot hear well<br> enough to cooperate with interview).<br><br> 9. Unstable medical illness, including delirium, malignancy, uncontrolled diabetes<br> mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or cerebrovascular or cardiovascular risk<br> factors that are not under medical management. Unstable cardiac disease or recent<br> (<3m) myocardial infarction<br><br> 10. Mental implement in the brain, claustrophobia<br><br> 11. Ever received ECT, TMS Consent procedures.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI) at baseline;Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI)at the 1st month;Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI)at the 3rd month;Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI)at the 6th month
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Geriatric Depression Scale;structural and functional connectivity;MRI T1;functional MRI (resting-state/biological motion task) - BOLD signal;Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) - FA;Verbal Learning & Memory:;Interleukin-1;Interleukin-2;Interleukin-6;Interleukin-10;Tumor necrosis factor;Interleukin-1ß;C-Reactive protein;cortisol;thyrotropin;Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
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