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Does Nurse Semi Structured Interview Added to a rTMS Improve Patients With Major Depressive Disorder?

An interventional study of nurse semi-structured interview and Music & Relaxation with eyes closed in Depressive Disorder, Major, sponsored by Rennes University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-01-20.

Sponsored by Rennes University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - R.TMS - is currently part of the treatment for depressive illness. This non-invasive technique is designed to stimulate certain areas of the cerebral cortex involved in this pathology. FDA approved this treatment in routine for depressive illness. R.TMS still remains in assessment. Due to the heterogeneity of methods and the weakness of the cohorts therapeutic superiority can not concluded .

Stimulation parameters remain numerous even if a consensus is beginning to emerge. The therapeutic target is the left dorso - lateral prefrontal cortex. The lack of efficacy is probably due of the inaccuracy. The empirically location of the target does not take into account the inter-individual anatomical differences. The neuronavigation is becoming widespread in routine clinical practice.

The referent nurse stays with the patient all along the rTMS sessions. His role is to set up treatment, to ensure the safety and the well-being of the patient. An rTMS session is an average of 30 minutes and is a very special moment to create a specific therapeutic relationship.

No study was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic relationship. The assumption is made that rTMS with a semi - structured interview provides a qualitative and quantitative clinical response greater than a semi - structured rTMS without this nursing care. The investigators therefore propose to patients not receiving a semi-structured interview to listen to music with eyes closed.

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Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - R.TMS - is currently part of the treatment for depressive illness. This non-invasive technique is designed to stimulate certain areas of the cerebral cortex involved in this pathology. The Food \& Drug Administration - FDA - approved this treatment in routine for depressive illness. R.TMS still remains in assessment. Due to the heterogeneity of methods and the weakness of the cohorts therapeutic superiority can not concluded . Stimulation parameters remain numerous even if a consensus is beginning to emerge. The therapeutic target is the left dorso - lateral prefrontal cortex. The lack of efficacy is probably due of the inaccuracy. The empirically location of the target does not take into account the inter-individual anatomical differences. The neuronavigation is becoming widespread in routine clinical practice.

The referent nurse stays with the patient all along the rTMS sessions. His role is to set up treatment, to ensure the safety and the well-being of the patient. An rTMS session is an average of 30 minutes and is a very special moment to create a specific therapeutic relationship. To our knowledge, no study was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic relationship. The assumption is made that rTMS with a semi - structured interview provides a qualitative and quantitative clinical response greater than a semi - structured rTMS without this nursing care. The investigators, therefore propose to patients not receiving a semi-structured interview to listen to music with eyes closed.

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Conditions studied

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients volunteers aged 18 to 70,
  • With the diagnosis of major depression, recurrent under the criteria of DSM.V,
  • With an unmodified antidepressant treatment for 3 weeks,
  • With a MADRS score greater than or equal to 21,
  • With or without neuronavigated rTMS sessions,
  • Informed and who have signed a consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with psychotic symptoms,
  • With alcohol dependence or other substances abuse,
  • With the strength criteria defined by the V stage for Classification of Thase \& Rush,
  • Hospitalized without consent / or under legal protection for major.
  • With a high risk of suicide - item 10 of the MADRS> 3 in the absence of hospitalization,
  • With contraindications to the practice of MRI or rTMS due to previous seizures, neurological disorders and / or neurosurgical, metal prosthetic presence or foreign bodies pacemaker type intraocular ferromagnetic material,
  • Aged over 70 years due to cortical alteration,
  • Pregnancy.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    R.TMS + nurse semi-structured interview

    Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation sessions associated with nurse semi-structured interview

    Other: nurse semi-structured interview

  • Sham comparator
    R.TMS + Music & Relaxation

    Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation sessions associated with music listening \& relaxation with eyes closed

    Other: Music & Relaxation with eyes closed

Interventions

  • Othernurse semi-structured interview

    The first session of rTMS is D1. From the first meeting to D14 semi -structured interviews are set up

  • OtherMusic & Relaxation with eyes closed

    The first session of rTMS is D1. From the first meeting to D14 music \& relaxation with eyes closed sessions are set up

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. score of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale

    The ratings should be based on a clinical interview moving from broadly phrased questions about symptoms to more detailed ones which allow a precise rating of severity. The rater must decide whether the rating lies on the defined scale steps (0, 2, 4, 6) or between them (1, 3, 5). It is important to remember that it is only rare occasions that a depressed patient is encountered who cannot be rated on the items in the scale. If definite answers cannot be elicited from the patients, all relevant clues as well as information from other sources should be used as a basis for the rating in line with customary clinical practice.

    Time frame: day 44

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Study locations

1 site
  • CHGR
    Rennes, France
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03436823
Lead sponsor
Rennes University Hospital
Collaborators
Ministry of Health, France
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 19, 2018
Start date
Mar 19, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 6, 2023
Completion
Jan 6, 2023
Last update
Jan 20, 2023

Study contacts

Dominique Drapier, MD
principal investigator · Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier,

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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