Status:

COMPLETED

Pilot TMS for Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Lead Sponsor:

Ryan M. Carnahan

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of New Mexico

University of Utah

Conditions:

Stimulant Dependence

Methamphetamine-dependence

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a pilot study to test the feasibility of a recruitment strategy and study protocol to examine the effects of a dual target transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment in methamphetamine use di...

Detailed Description

Overview: This is a single-arm clinical trial, with historical controls as a comparison group for select outcomes. Subjects with MAUD will receive 16 sessions of dual-target theta burst stimulation to...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosed with an active methamphetamine use disorder
  • Is engaged in psychosocial treatment or articulates a plan to engage in psychosocial treatment for methamphetamine use disorder during the study period
  • Age 18 to 60 years
  • Able to consent for treatment and research participation
  • English-speaking
  • Receiving care from UIHC's Addiction Medicine service. This includes patients in the Crisis Stabilization Unit, seen by the inpatient consultation service, enrolling in partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment, or seen in the outpatient Addiction Medicine clinics.

Exclusion

  • Age less than 18 years
  • Patients that are excluded during TMS assessment including: patients with epilepsy or seizure disorder, patients with implanted ferromagnetic equipment in their face or skull near the stimulation target.
  • Current medical treatment with clozapine or stimulants.
  • Current diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, that is deemed by research team psychiatrists not to have been drug-induced. Psychotic disorder not associated with drug use per the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Psychosis NOS, in remission, or drug-induced psychotic episodes are not exclusion criteria since these may be related to methamphetamine misuse.
  • Lacks the mental capacity to provide informed consent (i.e. not able to demonstrate understanding of the risks and benefits of participation)
  • Has a court appointed guardian.
  • Unstable medical illness.
  • Current diagnosis of neurological disorder or neurocognitive disorder.
  • Prior neurosurgical procedure.
  • History of seizure.
  • History of ECT treatment within the past three months.
  • History of any previous TMS treatment.
  • Known inability to complete the protocol, as assessed by asking them if they are able to make it to all visits for this study without assistance.
  • MRI Exclusion criteria:
  • Implanted device including pacemaker, coronary stent, defibrillator, or neurostimulation device that is not MRI-compatible
  • Metal in body including bullets, shrapnel, metal slivers
  • Claustrophobia
  • Uncontrolled high blood pressure
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Significant heart disease
  • Hemodynamic instability
  • Kidney disease
  • Pregnant

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 6 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

19 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04449055

Start Date

October 6 2020

End Date

March 31 2022

Last Update

February 21 2023

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University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242