Yiftach Roth, Aron Tendler, Mehmet Kemal Arikan, Ryan Vidrine, David Kent, Owen Muir, Carlene MacMillan, Leah Casuto, Geoffrey Grammer, William Sauve, Kellie Tolin, Steven Harvey, Misty Borst, Robert Rifkin, Manish Sheth, Brandon Cornejo, Raul Rodriguez, Saad Shakir, Taylor Porter, Deborah Kim, Brent Peterson, Julia Swofford, Brendan Roe, Rebecca Sinclair, Tal Harmelech, Abraham Zangen
BACKGROUND: Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) with the H7-coil was FDA cleared for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in August 2018 based on multicenter sham-controlled studies. Here we look at the efficacy of dTMS for OCD in real world practices. METHODS: All dTMS clinics were asked to supply their data on treatment details and outcome measures. The primary outcome measure was response, defined by at least a 30% reduction in the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) score from baseline to endpoint...
May 2021: Journal of Psychiatric Research