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Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (PrTMS)
Recruiting
Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (PrTMS) as a Treatment for Chronic Neck Pain
Who can join
Ages 18 to 65 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Military health care beneficiary for enrollment. * Over the age of 18 years. * Presence of chronic neck pain for at least 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * History of seizure, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. * Unstable heart or pulmonary disease. * Brain tumor, active brain infection, history of cerebral vascular accident (CVA), or penetrating brain injury. * Use of medications that potentially lower seizure threshold without concomitant administration of anticonvulsant drugs that may protect against seizure occurrence. 1. Antiviral medications and antipsychotic medications 2. Recent withdrawal from sedatives 3. Substance abuse of phencyclidine, amphetamines, ketamine, and gammahydroxybutyrate * Not a suitable candidate for the study as determined by the PI. * Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or plans to become pregnant during the course of the study. * Presence of metallic hardware in close contact to the discharging coil (e.g. cochlear implants, internal pulse generator). * Presence of implanted brain electrodes (cortical or deep-brain electrodes). * Potential participants who score above a certain suicide relevant survey score on the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), or are judged by expert clinicians to be a serious risk of harm to self, will be excluded. * Participants cannot have undergone a previous TMS treatment within the last 30 days before the start of study treatment. * Participants must have reliable and consistent access to the internet to complete surveys when not present in the clinic. * Participants must not have a clinical diagnosis of insomnia. * Participants can not be actively partaking in a substance abuse program.
About the study
This study aims to assess the efficacy of Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (PrTMS) therapy to reduce chronic neck for military health system beneficiaries.
What is being tested
- Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (device)
- Sham Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (device)
Sponsor: Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine · Participants: 120 · Started: May 1, 2024
Contact the study team
- Oluwaseyi Gbade-Alabi, MD · Phone: 240-688-7145
- Miana F Atkins, MPH · Phone: 240-688-7145
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06214949
Locations in the U.S.
| Maryland | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.