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Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation on Cognitive Impairment of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Sponsor: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Summary
The cerebral small vessel diseases (CVSD) can cause severe and lasting damage to cognition function while the current available treatment of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is limited. The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS) on cognitive impairment of cerebral small vessel disease.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
45 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
58
Start Date
2025-03-24
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-09-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
iTBS
Participants in active group will receive iTBS stimulation in 50-Hz triplets at 5 Hz for 600 seconds per session (2 seconds on and 8 seconds off) at 90% of their resting motor threshold to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC).Each intervention day includes 4 sessions (1800 pulses/session) of stimulation delivering a total of 7200 active pulses. This treatment protocol will be conducted 15 consecutive days.
sham iTBS
Participants in the sham group will receive sham iTBS stimulation, which will use the same stimulation parameters, dosage, and duration as the active group, but will employ a sham coil. The sham coil is identical in appearance to the real stimulus coil and simulate the sound of a real stimulus, but do not produce a real stimulus.
Locations (1)
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Beijing, China