25 completed, 13 recruiting, 5 not yet recruiting, 3 unknown. 40 Not applicable, 5 Phase 2, 3 Phase 3, 2 Early Phase 1, 2 Phase 1.
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| Trial | Phase | Status | Sponsor | Enrollment | Start | Updated |
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| A Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Comparison of NRX-101 vs. Placebo for Adults Being Treated With Robotic Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression: The SPARC-TMS Trial Neuronavigated robotic-enabled TMS, NRX-101, Sham TMS - Treatment Resistant Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) | Phase 2 / Phase 3 | Recruiting | NeuroRx, Inc. | 240 | 2026-12-01 | 2026-10-21 |
| Rapid Acceleration Process for Intensive Treatment of PTSD in 5 Days Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Sham transcranial magnetic stimulation - PTSD | Phase 3 | Not yet recruiting | VA Office of Research and Development | 90 | 2026-11-16 | 2026-10-05 |
| Effect of cTBS on Startle and TMS-evoked BOLD Active TMS, Sham TMS - Anxiety | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | University of Pennsylvania | 140 | 2026-11-01 | 2026-10-14 |
| Arousal-related Memory Following Theta Burst Stimulation. Active TMS, Sham TMS - Anxiety | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | University of Pennsylvania | 120 | 2026-10-01 | 2026-08-05 |
| One-Day cTBS Over the Precuneus Precuneus-targeted continuous theta-burst stimulation, Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex intermittent theta-burst stimulation, Sham transcranial magnetic stimulation - Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant, Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) | Not applicable | Recruiting | Mclean Hospital | 69 | 2026-09-08 | 2026-09-11 |
| Fighting Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: TMS vs. tDCS Efficacy. TMS, tDCS, Sham TMS - Multiple Sclerosis | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya | 80 | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-25 |
| Modulatory Effects of Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) on Heart-Brain Coupling in Individuals With Depressive Tendencies DLPFC-insula TMS, DLPFC-sgACC TMS, 10-20 F3 TMS - Depression Disorder, fMRI Research | Not applicable | Recruiting | Xidian University | 60 | 2026-08-01 | 2026-08-07 |
| The Effect of tDCS Combined With TMS on Cognitive Impairment and Motor Function After Stroke occupational therapy, real tDCS, sham tDCS - Stroke, Cognition Disorders | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Ke Dong, MD | 24 | 2026-05-01 | 2026-05-11 |
| Mechanisms Of Orbitofrontal Stimulation in Depression Sham TMS, Active TMS - Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) | Not applicable | Recruiting | Subha Subramanian | 80 | 2026-04-15 | 2026-05-14 |
| Synaptic Mechanisms of Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation in Depression D-Cycloserine (DCS), Continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Sham - Major Depression | Early Phase 1 | Recruiting | Mclean Hospital | 80 | 2026-03-11 | 2026-05-13 |
| Effect of TMS on Neuropathic Pain for Patients With Sci active TMS, sham TMS - Spinal Cord Injury, Neuropathic Pain | Not applicable | Recruiting | Ankara Etlik City Hospital | 39 | 2025-12-15 | 2026-02-24 |
| Brain Stimulation in Long COVID Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Sham device - Long COVID, PASC Post Acute Sequelae of COVID 19 | Not applicable | Recruiting | Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc | 66 | 2025-11-17 | 2025-12-19 |
| Evaluation of the Efficacy of Neuromodulation in the Control of Chronic Orofacial Pain Active Neuromodulation (tDCS or TMS), Sham Neuromodulation (tDCS or TMS) - Orofacial Pain | Not applicable | Enrolling by invitation | Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL | 50 | 2025-11-01 | 2026-02-20 |
| Long Term Effect of Brain Stimulation in PPA TMS, tDCS, Sham TMS - Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA) | Not applicable | Recruiting | Hospital San Carlos, Madrid | 80 | 2025-09-15 | 2026-04-23 |
| Accelerated rTMS vs. Sham for Stroke Apathy MagVenture MagPro Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) System (Active), MagVenture MagPro Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) System (Sham), Brainsight Neuronavigation System - Apathy, Stroke | Phase 1 / Phase 2 | Recruiting | Medical University of South Carolina | 40 | 2025-08-08 | 2026-07-08 |
| Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Methamphetamine Use Disorder in PLWH intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), Sham TMS - Methamphetamine Use Disorders, HIV | Not applicable | Completed | Gopalkumar Rakesh | 12 | 2025-03-11 | 2026-08-06 |
| Effects of Concurrent and Consecutive Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) TMS, Cognitive Bias Modification, Sham TMS - Depression - Major Depressive Disorder | Not applicable | Recruiting | The University of Hong Kong | 180 | 2025-02-24 | 2026-10-16 |
| The Effect of TPS on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults With MCI transcranial pulse stimulation, Sham TMS - Mild Cognitive Impairment | Not applicable | Enrolling by invitation | The University of Hong Kong | 100 | 2024-10-02 | 2024-10-10 |
| Testing an Accelerated TMS Protocol for Methamphetamine Use Disorder Sham TMS, Active TMS - Methamphetamine Use Disorder | Not applicable | Recruiting | University of Colorado, Denver | 20 | 2024-09-03 | 2025-10-03 |
| rTMS as an Intervention for Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia active TMS, sham TMS - Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced, Parkinson Disease | Not applicable | Recruiting | Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance | 68 | 2024-08-22 | 2026-08-27 |
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