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NCT07036328
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Slow Down Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease

Sponsor: Willem de Haan

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

New amyloid-targeting drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD) offer minimal or unclear efficacy and often cause adverse events, highlighting the need for new therapies. In recent years, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown increasing success. A recent randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, phase 2 demonstrated promising results from a 24-week rTMS treatment protocol targeting the precuneus. This brain region is considered a main hub of the human brain connectome and a prominent area of AD pathology. The results showed stable cognitive performance and increased brain activity in the treatment group, whereas the sham group worsened. A replication study is planned to further investigate the working mechanism of precuneus-rTMS in AD and to improve understanding of its therapeutic potential.

Official title: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to Slow Down Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease (AD): TMSLA - a Monocentric Randomized Controlled Trial.

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

50 Years - 85 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

62

Start Date

2025-04-07

Completion Date

2028-07

Last Updated

2025-06-25

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DEVICE

repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

20 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation targeted at the precuneus

DEVICE

sham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

20 Hz sham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation targeted at the precuneus

Locations (1)

Amsterdam UMC

Amsterdam, Netherlands