Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci.
2016 May;14(2):153-160. 10.9758/cpn.2016.14.2.153.
Adjunctive Low-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Patients with Treatment-resistant Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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- 1Departments of Psychiatry, St. Vincent Hospital, Suwon, Korea.
- 2Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea. alberto@catholic.ac.kr
- 3Department of Psychiatry, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
- KMID: 2170983
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2016.14.2.153
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of low frequency (LF) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
METHODS
Twenty-seven patients with treatment resistant OCD were randomly assigned to 3 week either active (n=14) or sham (n=13) rTMS. The active rTMS parameters consisted of 1 Hz, 20-minute trains (1,200 pulses/day) at 100% of the resting motor threshold (MT). OCD symptoms, mood, and anxiety were assessed at baseline and every week throughout the treatment period.
RESULTS
A repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to evaluate changes on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS). Our results revealed a significant reduction in YBOCS scores in the active group compared with the sham group after 3 weeks. Similarly, a repeated-measures ANOVA revealed significant effect of time and time×group interaction on scores on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Clinical Global Impression-Severity scale. There were no reports of any serious adverse effects following the active and sham rTMS treatments.
CONCLUSION
LF rTMS over the right DLPFC appeared to be superior to sham rTMS for relieving OCD symptoms and depression in patients with treatment-resistant OCD. Further trials with larger sample sizes should be conducted to confirm the present findings.
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