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Awarded Trial: 98-008
Grant ID
98-008
Illness
BP (Mania)
Primary Drug/Intervention
Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
Primary Dosage
20 Hz, 2-sec duration per train, 20 trains per day
Secondary Drug Intervention
N/A
Secondary Dosage
N/A
Other Drug/Intervention
N/A
Other Dosage
N/A
Status
Completed
Investigator
Grisaru
Sample Size
19
Duration of Study Period for Each Subject
10 treatment days
Outcome Measurements
BPRS, CGI, YMRS
Results
Nineteen patients with mania were randomized to receive right prefrontal TMS or sham treatment. There was no significant difference between the active and sham groups.
Publication
Kaptsan A, Yaroslavsky Y, Applebaum J, Belmaker RH, Grisaru N. Right prefrontal TMS versus sham treatment of mania: a controlled study. Bipolar Disorders 5:36-39, 2003.
Link
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12656936
PI Name
Nimrod Grisaru
Degree
MD
Center
Psychiatry Research Unit
Institution
Beer-Sheva Mental Health Center
Address
PO Box 4600
City or Town
Beersheva
State or Province
N/A
Zip or Postal Code
N/A
Country
Israel
Email Address
grisarun@bgumail.bgu.ac.il