Portable Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in a Van for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Medical University of South Carolina
Summary
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.
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 within 90 minutes driving from Charleston, SC. This study would test out this new delivery mode, and provide valuable lessons for later refinement and potential widespread adoption of mobile TMS as a treatment option. This would open up access to TMS for millions of patients with treatment resistant depression who cannot be treated in the current model. After this pilot feasibility and efficacy study, future research…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 22–80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion 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. Exclusion Criteria: * 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.
Interventions
- DeviceLeft prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
FDA cleared TMS
- DeviceFDA cleared TMS for treating depression
This is FDA approved TMS
Location
- Medical Univerity of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina