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Awarded Trial: 98-RC-312

Grant ID

98-RC-312

Illness

BP

Primary Drug/Intervention

Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ( rTMS)

Primary Dosage

20 Hz, 2-second 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

Belmaker

Sample Size

19

Duration of Study Period for Each Subject

10 days

Outcome Measurements

YMRS, BPRS and CGI

Results

Nineteen patients with mania completed a trial of right prefrontal TMS at 20 Hz, 2-second duration per train, 20 trains per day, for 10 days versus a sham procedure. The active treatment was no more effective than sham on the YMRS, BPRS and CGI.

Publication

Kaptsan A, Yaroslavsky Y, Applebaum J, Belmaker RH, Grisaru N. Right prefontal 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

Robert Belmaker

Degree

MD

Center

Beersheva Mental Health Center

Institution

Ben Gurion University

Address

P.O. Box 4600

City or Town

Beersheva

State or Province

N/A

Zip or Postal Code

N/A

Country

Israel

Email Address

belmaker@bgu.ac.il