Conventional Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tinnitus Treatment

Launched by HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON · Aug 1, 2011

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Men and women between the ages of 18 and 75 years old;
• • Adequate medical condition (ASA P1 or P2 in Physical Status Classification System);
• • Disabling tinnitus (STSS \> 8/16 or THQ \> 50%), with the following characteristics: continuous, subjective, non-pulsatile; unilateral (or bilateral with unilateral predominance), chronic (duration for at least one year), refractory for usual treatments taken for at least six months;
• • Naive regarding TMS;
• • Able to provide informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Objective tinnitus or tinnitus with treatable cause;
• • Presence of intracranial or intraocular ferromagnetic materiel or particles (with the exception of dental fillings and MRI-compatible stapedectomy prosthesis);
• • Cardiac pacemaker or other electronic implants (including cochlear implant);
• • Serious heart disease or other unstable major medical condition;
• • Personal history of central nervous system disorder, head injury, stroke or seizures (including childhood febrile seizures);
• • Familial history of epilepsy;
• • Concomitant medication with antidepressants and antipsychotics;
• • Possibility of pregnancy;
• • Known claustrophobia;
• • Others known contraindications to rTMS or brain MRI;
• • Refusal to be informed about the results of anatomical MRI