Establishing Mobile Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Description

In this pilot study, investigators propose to design and create a portable TMS unit, in a van, and then test out delivering TMS in three different locations in South Carolina, all affiliated with MUSC and within 2-hours driving from Charleston, SC. This study would test out this new delivery mode, and provide valuable feasibility, safety, and efficacy lessons for later refinement and potential widespread adoption of mobile TMS as a treatment option, both in our state and across the US.

Conditions

Treatment Resistant Major Depression

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

In this pilot study, investigators propose to design and create a portable TMS unit, in a van, and then test out delivering TMS in three different locations in South Carolina, all affiliated with MUSC and within 2-hours driving from Charleston, SC. This study would test out this new delivery mode, and provide valuable feasibility, safety, and efficacy lessons for later refinement and potential widespread adoption of mobile TMS as a treatment option, both in our state and across the US.

Portable Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in a Van for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Establishing Mobile Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Condition
Treatment Resistant Major Depression
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Charleston

Medical Univerity of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult (22-80 years old)
  • * Have treatment-resistant depression as defined by the e-Mini, and the antidepressant treatment history form (ATHF short).
  • * Be able to read and communicate in English.
  • * Able to provide their own consent.
  • * Access to a computer with videoconferencing ability for initial consent and telescreen.
  • * Patients with unstable medical conditions that might make TMS unsafe. This includes current poorly controlled seizures.
  • * Ferromagnetic metal in the head.
  • * Pregnant.
  • * Currently active substance abuse except tobacco.

Ages Eligible for Study

22 Years to 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Medical University of South Carolina,

Mark George, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Medical University of South Carolina

Study Record Dates

2028-03-01