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Superior Parietal iTBS for PD-MCI

Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this study is to determine the whether a short-term, high-dose form of non-invasive brain stimulation (intermittent theta burst stimulation; iTBS) is a promising and safe treatment for mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD-MCI).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (estimated)
First submitted
29 Jun 2026
Start date
9 Oct 2026
Primary completion date
1 Feb 2028
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
NCT number
NCT07701785

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 30
  • From 9 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Feb 2028
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study design.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Contraindications to MRI/TMS safety screening: This includes but is not limited to implanted medical devices (e.g., pacemakers), metallic objects or fragments, non-removable hair clips or piercings, and medications that reduce seizure threshold.
  • Individuals with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and/or active substance abuse disorder.
  • History of significant or unstable condition/s or treatments for these condition/s that may impact cognition (as determined by the study investigators) such as significant cardiac (e.g. heart failure), infectious (e.g. HIV, urinary tract infection), or metabolic disease (e.g. labile diabetes), cancer (e.g. brain cancer, chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment), developmental disorder (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability), or other neurologic disease (e.g. multiple sclerosis, moderate to severe brain injury, seizures).
  • History of a seizure disorder.

Other

  • Claustrophobia or inability to lie supine in the scanner for an extended period of time
  • Barriers to making contact between the TMS coil and the skin (e.g. braids that cannot be removed)

Who the study is looking for

  • 50-85 years of age
  • Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease based on UK Brain Bank diagnostic criteria
  • Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) diagnosis per Movement Disorders Society Task Force Level II Diagnostic Criteria4 (i.e., scores ≥1.5 standard deviations below appropriate norms on 2 neuropsychological tests) as determined by a clinical neuropsychologist
  • Stable on Parkinson's disease medications for 30 days (not expected to change through the course of the treatment)
  • Has a caregiver willing and able to reliably complete a questionnaire focused on the participant's daily functioning

Age in the registry: 50 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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Medical University of South Carolina
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CharlestonUnited StatesRecruiting

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