Status:

RECRUITING

Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (PrTMS)

Lead Sponsor:

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Collaborating Sponsors:

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Conditions:

Neck Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study aims to assess the efficacy of Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (PrTMS) therapy to reduce chronic neck for military health system beneficiaries.

Detailed Description

The objective of our proposed research is to (a) assess the efficacy of PrTMS therapy in reducing pain for military health system beneficiaries with chronic neck pain receiving standard of care\* at W...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Military health care beneficiary for enrollment.
  • Over the age of 18 years.
  • Presence of chronic neck pain for at least 3 months.

Exclusion

  • History of seizure, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
  • Unstable heart or pulmonary disease.
  • Brain tumor, active brain infection, history of cerebral vascular accident (CVA), or penetrating brain injury.
  • Use of medications that potentially lower seizure threshold without concomitant administration of anticonvulsant drugs that may protect against seizure occurrence.
  • Antiviral medications and antipsychotic medications
  • Recent withdrawal from sedatives
  • Substance abuse of phencyclidine, amphetamines, ketamine, and gammahydroxybutyrate
  • Not a suitable candidate for the study as determined by the PI.
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or plans to become pregnant during the course of the study.
  • Presence of metallic hardware in close contact to the discharging coil (e.g. cochlear implants, internal pulse generator).
  • Presence of implanted brain electrodes (cortical or deep-brain electrodes).
  • Potential participants who score above a certain suicide relevant survey score on the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), or are judged by expert clinicians to be a serious risk of harm to self, will be excluded.
  • Participants cannot have undergone a previous TMS treatment within the last 30 days before the start of study treatment.
  • Participants must have reliable and consistent access to the internet to complete surveys when not present in the clinic.
  • Participants must not have a clinical diagnosis of insomnia.
  • Participants can not be actively partaking in a substance abuse program.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06214949

Start Date

May 1 2024

End Date

May 1 2027

Last Update

March 6 2025

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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20889