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RecruitingNCT06712914TMS-HOLAUpdated Apr 22, 2026

Rapid Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Hoarding Disorder

An interventional study of MagPro X100 by MagVenture in Hoarding Disorder, Hoarding and Clutter, sponsored by Stanford University. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-22.

Sponsored by Stanford University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Mar 2026; still recruiting 7 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study explores whether rapid non-invasive brain stimulation can help reduce hoarding disorder symptoms.

Read the detailed description

Hoarding disorder (HD) is characterized by difficulty letting go of possessions, leading to clutter that congests living spaces and impairs daily functioning. The majority of HD patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy for HD usually experience considerable residual symptoms. New treatments are greatly needed. This study explores whether rapid non-invasive brain stimulation can help reduce hoarding disorder symptoms.

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Conditions studied

  • Hoarding Disorder
  • Hoarding
  • Clutter

Keywords

  • TMS
  • hoarding disorder
  • hoarding
  • clutter
  • iTBS
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In context

Hoarding Disorder

32 studies on the registry are indexed under Hoarding Disorder; 5 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 37 across 28 interventional studies indexed under Hoarding Disorder.

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Lead sponsor

Stanford University is the lead sponsor of 2,168 studies on the registry; 431 are open to participants now.

Of its 267 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 207 (78%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age 18-70 years
  2. Primary diagnosis of hoarding disorder
  3. Sufficient severity of hoarding symptoms
  4. Willing and able to understand and complete consent and study procedures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Psychiatric or medical conditions or medications that make participation unsafe
  2. Pregnant or nursing females
  3. Previous exposure to TMS or ECT
  4. History of any implanted device or psychosurgery
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Theta-burst stimulation (TBS)

    Theta-burst stimulation (a form of transcranial magnetic stimulation) targeting the right frontal pole.

    Device: MagPro X100 by MagVenture

Interventions

  • DeviceMagPro X100 by MagVenture

    Participants will receive 5 session per day of TBS for 6 days (30 sessions total). Six treatment days have to occur within a 2 week period. Each session will be comprised of 1800 pulses, using a MagVenture MagPro X100.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Compulsive Acquisition Scale (CAS)

    The Compulsive Acquisition Scale (CAS) is an 18-item questionnaire that measures the extent to which individuals acquire and feel compelled to acquire possessions. The total score (sum of 18 items) ranges from 0 to 126. Total score higher than 48 shows significant difficulty with acquiring.

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 3 weeks after treatment starts

Other outcomes

  1. Change in Hoarding Symptom Severity as Measured by Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R)

    The Saving Inventory-Revised scale (SI-R) is a 23-item questionnaire with 3 factor-analytically defined sub-scales for difficulty discarding, excessive clutter, and compulsive acquisition. The total score (sum of 23 items) ranges from 0 to 92. Total score higher than 41 shows significant difficulty with clutter. For the acquisition subscale, items 2 (reverse score), 9, 11, 14, 16, 18 and 21 are summed together. The subscale ranges from 0 to 28 and score greater than 13 indicates difficulty with excessive acquisition. For the difficulty discarding subscale, items 4(reverse score), 6, 7, 13, 17, 19, 23 are summed together. The subscale ranges from 0 to 28 and score greater than 13 indicates difficulty with discarding. For the clutter subscale, items 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 22 are summed together. The subscale ranges from 0 to 36 and score greater than 15 indicates difficulty with accumulated clutter.

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 3 weeks after treatment starts

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Mar 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2027, 21 months after the start.

Of 20 interventional studies with no phase under Hoarding Disorder, half reached primary completion within 33 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 17 and three quarters within 48. This study's planned 21 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 27, 2024
First posted
Dec 2, 2024
StartActual
Mar 27, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2027
CompletionEst.
Jan 1, 2028
Last update
Apr 22, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 22, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06712914
Responsible party
Carolyn Rodriguez (Professor, Stanford University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 2, 2024
Start date
Mar 27, 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 1, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 22, 2026

Study contacts

Paula Munoz Rodriguez, PhD
Contact
clutterhelp@stanford.edu
650-723-4095
Carolyn I Rodriguez, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Stanford University

Oversight

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