U.S., June 12 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07642882) titled 'Analgesic Efficacy of Multisite rTMS in Fibromyalgia Patients' on June 01.
Brief Summary: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the motor cortex is a recognized analgesic technique for the treatment of fibromyalgia pain, which represents a largely unmet medical need. However, the effectiveness of motor cortex rTMS is inconsistent, being observed in only about 40% of patients and not always long-lasting. It has been previously shown that predictive factors for a lack of response to motor cortex rTMS include the presence of depressive symptoms, and that prefrontal cortex rTMS is not effective for pain, even though thi...