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Brain zaps tested for mysterious dementia

NCT ID NCT05440110

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Ongoing
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Completed This study
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Stopped early
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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This small pilot study tested a type of brain stimulation called theta-burst stimulation in 17 people with suspected non-Alzheimer dementia. The goal was to see if it could improve thinking and memory, and to understand how the brain responds. The study was completed, but results are not yet available.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

17 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Oct 2022

Finished

Nov 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

50 to 90 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects aged 50-90 year. 2. Patients meet NIA-AA research criteria for suspected non-Alzheimer disease pathophysiology (SNAP) (Petersen, Smith et al. 1999; Jack, Bennett et al. 2018), and DSM-5 criteria for major neurocognitive disorder of dementia (Regier, Narrow et al. 2013). 3. Amyloid PET should ever be performed. 4. The CDR of subjects can be 0.5-2. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any subject has a definite diagnosis of epilepsy or history of seizure attack. 2. Current or past history of clinically significant neurological insults affecting brain structure or function like completed stroke, head injury or brain tumor. (cerebrovascular disorders, hydrocephalus and intra-cranial mass, documented by MRI; a history of traumatic brain injury or another neurological disease). 3. Any subject has clinically significant or unstable medical diseases including metabolic, renal, liver, lung or cardiovascular disorders including metabolic, renal, liver, lung or cardiovascular disorders. 4. Any subject has current alcohol or other substances abuse and/ or dependence within the recent one year, or prolonged history of major psychiatric disorder like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and previously prolonged substances abuse. 5. Any females who is pregnant or lactating. 6. General MRI, TMS and/or PET exclusion criteria including subjects who had received brain aneurysm surgery, or implanted pacemaker, mechanical valves, cochlear implant or other metal devices/ objects that are not MR compatible in the body. Withdrawal criteria 1. Complications onset after intervention that affect efficacy and safety judgments. 2. New onset or progression of disease that may affect outcomes. 3. Use of other therapies or drugs during the intervention period to change cognitive functions. 4. Any subjects who are recognized as high risk of adverse effects by principle investigator.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Taoyuan, Guishan, 333, Taiwan