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NCT07242105
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Optimizing Brain Excitability in Depression

Sponsor: Stanford University

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

The goal of this study is to improve depression treatment by establishing reliable prefrontal excitability markers through Targeting with Automated Real-time Guidance for Enhancing TEPs (TARGET).

Official title: Optimized Methods for Measuring Brain Excitability in Depression

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 65 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

145

Start Date

2025-10-23

Completion Date

2029-11-30

Last Updated

2026-02-10

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Interventions

DEVICE

Active Single-Pulse TMS

Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation is delivered to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex using a MagVenture X100 stimulator and B65 A/P coil across predefined locations, coil angles, and stimulation intensities.

DEVICE

Sham Single-Pulse TMS

Sham single-pulse TMS is delivered using a flipped coil and concurrent scalp electrical stimulation to mimic auditory and somatosensory sensations without producing cortical stimulation.

DEVICE

TARGET-optimized TMS

Single-pulse TMS parameters (location, angle, and intensity) are adjusted in real time using the TARGET closed-loop algorithm based on concurrent EEG measurements to deliver optimized stimulation.

DEVICE

Non-optimized (Open-Loop) TMS

Single-pulse TMS is delivered using a predefined open-loop set of stimulation parameter combinations across multiple dlPFC locations, coil angles, and intensities without real-time adjustment.

OTHER

EEG Recording

Participants undergo concurrent 64-channel TMS-compatible scalp EEG recording during stimulation to measure TMS-evoked neural responses.

OTHER

Intracranial EEG (iEEG) Recording

Neurosurgical participants undergo intracranial EEG recording using clinically implanted electrodes during TMS to measure local and downstream neural activity.

Locations (2)

University of Iowa

Iowa City, California, United States

Stanford University

Stanford, California, United States