An Exploratory Study of Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation (cTBS) Based on fMRI in the Treatment of Tic Disorder

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

95 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-29

Study Completion Date

2019-12-31

Brief Summary

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continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) is a safe and effective device for Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome treatment. GPi is an agreed curative target of deep brain stimulation. GPi-based functional connectivity peak voxel in the SMA can be the cTBS target.

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Detailed Description

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Tic disorder is a common neuropsychiatric disorder in children and adolescents. Medication is not effective and has side effect. Exploring new treatment methods is one of the research pathway of this disease.Continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) is relatively safe and effective, and its efficacy in psychiatric diseases has been gradually recognized. However, the results of current researches of tic disorder treatment are varied, and the evaluation method is relatively single. This project intends to adopt fmri-guided stimulation target and navigated cTBS to intervene patients with tics and explore individualized cTBS treatment parameters of tics, including stimulation frequency, intensity, type, time and stimulation target. Previous studies for deep brain stimulation reported that the medial globus pallidus (GPi) showed an obvious curative effect. And a deep brain area can be modulated indirectly by a superficial target via functional connectivity. Therefore, the present study attempts to stimulate the superficial target in supplementary motor area (SMA), lateral motor area (M1) which functionally connected with GPi or thalamus since the thalamus also a commonly reported abnormal brain area of Tic. Combined with clinical symptoms and neuroimaging, the therapeutic effect of cTBS in children with tic disorder was comprehensively evaluated in order to provide a new therapeutic method and a better therapeutic effect for the disease.

Conditions

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Tic Disorders Tourette Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

first group is traditional stimulation site group ,second group is precise position stimulation group .

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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traditional stimulation site continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS)

arm: experimental: performing cTBS to tic patients for continuous 5 days ,3 times for a day (0 minute ,15 minute ,60 minute). The stimulation site include left supplementary motor area, right supplementary motor area, left primary motor area, right primary motor area , left superior parietal lobule, right superior parietal lobule. Determination of stimulation target is a common method of determination in previous studies. For example the vertex (Cz) was measured for each patient and the SMA defined at 15% of the distance between inion and nasion anterior to Cz on the sagittal midline.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

traditional stimulation site continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS)

Intervention Type DEVICE

before cTBS treatment, MRI was used to confirm the stimulation site

precise stimulation site cTBS

arm: experimental: performing cTBS to tic patients for 5 days ,3 times for a day (0 minute ,15 minute ,60 minute). The stimulation site include left supplementary motor area, right supplementary motor area, left primary motor area, right primary motor area , left superior parietal lobule, right superior parietal lobule. The stimulation target is determined by the resting-state functional connectivity, which is robust functional connectivity with the GPi or Thalamus.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

precise stimulation site cTBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

before cTBS treatment, rs-fMRI was used to confirm the stimulation site

Interventions

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traditional stimulation site continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS)

before cTBS treatment, MRI was used to confirm the stimulation site

Intervention Type DEVICE

precise stimulation site cTBS

before cTBS treatment, rs-fMRI was used to confirm the stimulation site

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. meet the diagnostic criteria of chronic tic disorder or tourette syndrome;
2. Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) score is greater than 20;
3. the symptoms lasted more than 1 year, and the drug regimen was not adjusted within one month;
4. right-handedness;
5. age 6-20 years;
6. able to receive continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) therapy, participants and their guardians agree to receive treatment and observation.