Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Chronic Subjective Tinnitus

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-03-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Therapy of subjective chronic primary tinnitus could be challenging. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is currently being tested for suppressing the symptoms. However, effect of stimulation remains controversial. The aim was to uncover real effect of rTMS stimulation for tinnitus treatment. There will be three groups, stimulation group, sham stimulation group and controlled group with medicament treatment. The investigators assume that combination of rTMS stimulation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and primary auditory cortex at both sides will be more efficient. The investigators considered a 10% improvement in the tinnitus questionnaire score and in the tinnitus masking to be clinically relevant.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Ostrava

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• subjective chronic non-pulsatile tinnitus lasting more than 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• head injury or brain surgery

• epilepsy

• organic brain lesion

• Meniere's disease or fluctuating hearing loss

• cochlear or bone-anchored hearing device implantation

• history of suicide

• pregnancy

• therapy with anticonvulsants

• antipsychotic medication

• heart pacemaker implantation

• rTMS performed in the past

• not signing of the informed consent