Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Positron Emission Tomography in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Intervention for Treatment-resistant Depression

Lead Sponsor:

First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

Conditions:

Treatment Resistant Depression

Visual Perceptual Weakness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit reduced visual motor perception, which affects prognosis. Metabolic substance changes and abnormal neural activity in the middle temporal visual area (MT) media...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Receive two or more adequate doses and courses of antidepressant drugs in different mechanisms that were not effective and had been stable for more than 6 weeks on antidepressant medication prior to enrollment, with non-responsiveness defined as a decrease in HAMD-24 score of \<50%.
  • 24-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-24) ≥ 20.
  • Normal or corrected to normal vision.
  • Ability to complete spatial suppression psychophysical experiment.
  • education background above the college degree.
  • Age 18-45 years, regardless of gender.
  • Right-handedness.
  • Han Chinese.
  • Signed a written informed consent, willing to participate in the study and be evaluated.

Exclusion

  • Co-morbid other mental disorders, including: schizophrenia, mental retardation, substance dependence, etc.
  • Patients with metal objects in the body or with other contraindications to PET-MRI scanning
  • Patients with severe or unstable somatic diseases
  • Women during pregnancy or lactation, and women of childbearing age with positive urine HCG test results during the screening period
  • Benzodiazepines were taken during the experimental period
  • Other conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, exist that make participation in this clinical trial inappropriate.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

42 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06044324

Start Date

November 1 2023

End Date

May 1 2026

Last Update

March 18 2025

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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310000