Trial reportTrials2017
Transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus: using the Tinnitus Functional Index to predict benefit in a randomized controlled trial.
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Clinical Trial of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Relief of Tinnitus
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Case Report: Repeated courses of low-frequency rTMS for refractory tinnitus: an N-of-1 study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sequential Prefrontal and Temporoparietal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Treatment of Tinnitus With and Without Comorbid Depression: A Case Series and Systematic Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Audiometric Characteristics and Tinnitus Features in a Cohort of 170 Spanish Patients.Audiology research · 2021Article
- Methodological Aspects of Randomized Controlled Trials for Tinnitus: A Systematic Review and How a Decision Support System Could Overcome Barriers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Electrophysiological correlates of focused attention on low- and high-distressed tinnitus.PloS one · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundIdentifying characteristics associated with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) benefit would offer insight as to why some individuals experience tinnitus relief following TMS treatment, whereas others do not. The purpose of this study was to use the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) and its subscales to identify specific factors associated with TMS treatment responsiveness.
methodsIndividuals with bothersome tinnitus underwent 2000 pulses of 1-Hz TMS for 10 consecutive business days. The primary outcome measure was the TFI which yields a total score and eight individual subscale scores. Analyses were performed on baseline data from the active arm (n = 35) of a prospective, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of TMS for tinnitus.
resultsBaseline total TFI score and three of the eight TFI subscales were useful in differentiating between responders and nonresponders to TMS intervention for tinnitus. These findings are not definitive, but suggest potential factors that contribute to perceived benefit following TMS.
conclusionsOverall, the main factor associated with TMS benefit was a higher tinnitus severity score for responders at baseline. The TFI subscales helped to clarify the factors that contributed to a higher severity score at baseline. Large-scale prospective research using systematic approaches is needed to identify and describe additional factors associated with tinnitus benefit following TMS.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT01104207 . Registered on 13 April 2010.
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