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© 2024, The Author(s).Disruption in reciprocal connectivity between the right anterior insula and the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is associated with depression and may be a target for neuromodulation. In a five-center, parallel, double-blind, randomized controlled trial we personalized resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging neuronavigated connectivity-guided intermittent theta burst stimulation (cgiTBS) at a site based on effective connectivity from the right anterior insula to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. We tested its efficacy in reducing the primary outcome depression symptoms measured by the GRID Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17-item over 8, 16 and 26 weeks, compared with structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) neuronavigated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) delivered at the standard stimulation site (F3) in patients with ‘treatment-resistant depression’. Participants were randomly assigned to 20 sessions over 4–6 weeks of either cgiTBS (n = 128) or rTMS (n = 127) with resting-state functional MRI at baseline and 16 weeks. Persistent decreases in depressive symptoms were seen over 26 weeks, with no differences between arms on the primary outcome GRID Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17-item score (intention-to-treat adjusted mean, −0.31, 95% confidence interval (CI) −1.87, 1.24, P = 0.689). Two serious adverse events were possibly related to TMS (mania and psychosis). MRI-neuronavigated cgiTBS and rTMS were equally effective in patients with treatment-resistant depression over 26 weeks (trial registration no. ISRCTN19674644).
Author(s): Morriss R, Briley PM, Webster L, Abdelghani M, Barber S, Bates P, Brookes C, Hall B, Ingram L, Kurkar M, Lankappa S, Liddle PF, McAllister-Williams RH, O'Neil-Kerr A, Pszczolkowski S, Suazo Di Paola A, Walters Y, Auer DP
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nature Medicine
Year: 2024
Volume: 30
Pages: 403-413
Print publication date: 01/02/2024
Online publication date: 16/01/2024
Acceptance date: 12/12/2023
Date deposited: 20/02/2024
ISSN (print): 1078-8956
ISSN (electronic): 1546-170X
Publisher: Nature Research
URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02764-z
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02764-z
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