Stability of rTMS on Cognition and Brain Networks on Healthy Subjects.

NCT ID: NCT01861639

Last Updated: 2016-04-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-05-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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Episodic and working memory processes are the most affected cognitive domains in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and its early stage, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a unique tool to interfere with cognitive processes by inducing "virtual and transient lesions", mimicking those observed in MCI. It has proven repeatedly its capacity to interfere with encoding-retrieval memory task. However, to date, only few imaging data exist on the cerebral pathways involved in encoding memory task. Moreover, the stability of TMS effects over time remains to be investigated. If proven to be a stable interfering challenge, TMS could be used to investigate the potential restoring effect of new medication in AD.

The study is the pilot study of a larger clinical trial which aims to prove the utility of rTMS as a potential model for prediction of clinical efficacy using a combination of cognitive and neuroimaging endpoints.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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ineffective rTMS - Active TBS - fMRI

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ineffective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an ineffective stimulation.

active TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation (cTBS) protocol will be applied over the L-DLPFC. Three stimuli at 50Hz, 80% of individual Motor Threshold will be repeated every 200ms for 40sec

fMRI

Intervention Type DEVICE

Functional MRI data will be acquired during the performance of the memory task. Functional data will be acquired with a blood oxygenation level dependant (BOLD) contrast sensitive gradient echo, T2\*-weighted echo-planar imaging sequence

Effective rTMS - Active TBS - fMRI

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

active TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation (cTBS) protocol will be applied over the L-DLPFC. Three stimuli at 50Hz, 80% of individual Motor Threshold will be repeated every 200ms for 40sec

fMRI

Intervention Type DEVICE

Functional MRI data will be acquired during the performance of the memory task. Functional data will be acquired with a blood oxygenation level dependant (BOLD) contrast sensitive gradient echo, T2\*-weighted echo-planar imaging sequence

Effective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an effective stimulation.

ineffective rTMS - Sham TBS - fMRI

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

ineffective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an ineffective stimulation.

Sham TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A Sham stimulation will be applied over the L-DLPFC. a placebo coil will be used.

fMRI

Intervention Type DEVICE

Functional MRI data will be acquired during the performance of the memory task. Functional data will be acquired with a blood oxygenation level dependant (BOLD) contrast sensitive gradient echo, T2\*-weighted echo-planar imaging sequence

Effective rTMS - Sham TBS - fMRI

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A Sham stimulation will be applied over the L-DLPFC. a placebo coil will be used.

fMRI

Intervention Type DEVICE

Functional MRI data will be acquired during the performance of the memory task. Functional data will be acquired with a blood oxygenation level dependant (BOLD) contrast sensitive gradient echo, T2\*-weighted echo-planar imaging sequence

Effective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an effective stimulation.

ineffective rTMS - Active TBS - EEG

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ineffective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an ineffective stimulation.

active TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation (cTBS) protocol will be applied over the L-DLPFC. Three stimuli at 50Hz, 80% of individual Motor Threshold will be repeated every 200ms for 40sec

EEG

Intervention Type DEVICE

EEG will be coupled with task performance in an event-related manner to be able to isolate brain activity of each type of stimuli presented. EEG imaging data will be acquired during the memory task.

Effective rTMS - Active TBS - EEG

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

active TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation (cTBS) protocol will be applied over the L-DLPFC. Three stimuli at 50Hz, 80% of individual Motor Threshold will be repeated every 200ms for 40sec

EEG

Intervention Type DEVICE

EEG will be coupled with task performance in an event-related manner to be able to isolate brain activity of each type of stimuli presented. EEG imaging data will be acquired during the memory task.

Effective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an effective stimulation.

ineffective rTMS - Sham TBS - EEG

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

ineffective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an ineffective stimulation.

Sham TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A Sham stimulation will be applied over the L-DLPFC. a placebo coil will be used.

EEG

Intervention Type DEVICE

EEG will be coupled with task performance in an event-related manner to be able to isolate brain activity of each type of stimuli presented. EEG imaging data will be acquired during the memory task.

Effective rTMS - Sham TBS - EEG

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham TBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A Sham stimulation will be applied over the L-DLPFC. a placebo coil will be used.

EEG

Intervention Type DEVICE

EEG will be coupled with task performance in an event-related manner to be able to isolate brain activity of each type of stimuli presented. EEG imaging data will be acquired during the memory task.

Effective rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an effective stimulation.

Interventions

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ineffective rTMS

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an ineffective stimulation.

Intervention Type DEVICE

active TBS

A continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation (cTBS) protocol will be applied over the L-DLPFC. Three stimuli at 50Hz, 80% of individual Motor Threshold will be repeated every 200ms for 40sec

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham TBS

A Sham stimulation will be applied over the L-DLPFC. a placebo coil will be used.

Intervention Type DEVICE

fMRI

Functional MRI data will be acquired during the performance of the memory task. Functional data will be acquired with a blood oxygenation level dependant (BOLD) contrast sensitive gradient echo, T2\*-weighted echo-planar imaging sequence

Intervention Type DEVICE

EEG

EEG will be coupled with task performance in an event-related manner to be able to isolate brain activity of each type of stimuli presented. EEG imaging data will be acquired during the memory task.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Effective rTMS

A 20Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) will be applied for 900 ms with an intensity of 90% of motor threshold. Active stimulation will be applied on the L-DLPFC compared to an effective stimulation.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy male subjects aged between 18 and 40 years-old inclusive.
* Education level: at least secondary.
* Right-handed (Edinburgh Handedness Inventory).
* The subjects are in good health on the basis of the medical interview (medical history, symptoms), the physical examination and vital signs.
* No history of psychiatric disorders (assessed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV Disorders (SCID) for Barcelona and by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) for Marseille).
* No history of neurological disorders
* No history of concussion (cranial or facial trauma) without or with loss of consciousness.
* Subject without history of brain disease (severe brain trauma, stroke, cerebral tumor...).
* Subject without lesion on MRI.
* Subject without abnormal electrical activities on standard clinical EEG.
* No history of drug or alcohol abuse.
* No smoker or ≤ 5 cg/ day.
* The subject can complete the neuropsychological test battery during the training session.
* Subject without contraindication to MRI.
* The subject is able to read and understand the Information Form and comply with the protocol instructions and restrictions.
* The subject is covered by a social insurance.
* The subject has provided written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* History or presence of psychiatric illness (Psychiatric interview).
* History or presence of neurologic illness.
* The subject, in the opinion of the investigator, is unlikely to comply with the study protocol or is unsuitable for any other reason.
* The subject participates in another clinical trial or is still being within a washout period of 1 month since last taking of a previous clinical trial, or subjects who have received more than 4500 Euros in the previous 12 months for participating in clinical trials.
* Presence of metallic objects within the body.
* Subjects with pacemaker.
* Claustrophobia.
* Individual and familial history of epileptic seizure.
* Any medication listed (see annexe) in the safety guidelines published by the Safety of TMS Consensus Group (Rossi et al., 2009) will be forbidden.
* Subject with a correct hit rate during the retrieval session of the memory task
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Qualissima

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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David Bartrés-Faz

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

Christine Audebert

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CIC-CPCET

Locations

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Cic-Cpcet

Marseille, , France

Site Status

IDIBAPS

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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France Spain

Other Identifiers

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WP1P003

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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