NCT06926270Completed
Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment in Patients Diagnosed With Postpolio Syndrome
Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment in Patients Diagnosed With Postpolio Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial evaluated the effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the primary motor cortex on walking capacity, fatigue, post-polio-related symptoms, and health-related quality of life in participants with post-polio syndrome.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 28 (actual)
- First submitted
- 7 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 1 Oct 2024
- Primary completion date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Ege University
- NCT number
- NCT06926270
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 28
- From 1 Oct 2024 to the primary completion date, 20 Jun 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- History of use of drugs that lower the seizure threshold (if not receiving antiepileptic treatment)
Other illness
- Presence of another disease that may be associated with the symptoms
- Presence of a neurological, psychiatric or vision-related problem that may prevent the patient from answering the questionnaires
- Severe or recent heart disease
Other
- Inability to ambulate independently
- Presence of ferromagnetic material implanted in the body
- Organic brain pathology (vascular, traumatic, tumoral, etc.)
- Alcoholism
- Pregnancy
Who the study is looking for
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Age in the registry: 25 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ege University Faculty of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Izmir | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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