Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Effect on Tinnitus

Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital1 site in 1 country19 target enrollmentFebruary 2014

ConditionsPatients With Subjective Tinnitus

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Patients With Subjective Tinnitus
Sponsor: Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital
Enrollment: 19
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Tinnitus handicap inventory score
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 4 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is effective in the treatment of tinnitus.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

February 2014

End Date

August 2021

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Suk Yun Kang

Medical professor

Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Subjective tinnitus
•Age 18 years and older

Exclusion Criteria

•Meniere, conductive hearing loss, objective tinnitus
•History of seizure disorder or epilepsy
•Clinically relevant psychiatric comorbidity
•Previous symptomatic stroke
•Surgically or traumatically implanted foreign bodies such as a pacemaker, an implanted medication pump, a metal plate in the skull, or metal inside the skull or eyes (other than dental appliances or fillings), intracardiac lines that may pose a physical hazard during magnetic stimulation

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Tinnitus handicap inventory score

Time Frame: Before (- six months) and after (+ 5 days) rTMS interventions

Primary outcomes will be measured twice. One is before, and the other is after 5-day rTMS interventions. Baseline primary outcome will be acceptable if it is done within the prior 6 months of 1st rTMS. Follow-up primary outcome will be done within the five days after 5th rTMS.