Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2026-03-26 @ 3:18 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2026-03-26 @ 3:18 PM
NCT ID:
NCT07397858
Brief Summary:
The goal of this clinical study is to understand how a person's expectations about treatment can influence their mood, motivation, and reactions to everyday rewards. The study includes young people ages 15-25 who will complete a sham (placebo) version of an accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment. No active brain stimulation is given.
The main questions this study aims to answer are:
1. Do expectancy and treatment beliefs change during and after an accelerated sham TMS schedule?
2. Do these expectations influence mood, reward processing, or craving?
3. Does a more intensive schedule of sham sessions lead to different expectancy effects than a slower, once-daily schedule?
Participants will:
* Complete baseline clinical assessments and an MRI session
* Undergo five days of accelerated sham TMS (no active brain stimulation is delivered)
* Complete post-treatment MRI and follow-up assessments at 1 week and 4 weeks
Study:
NCT07397858
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT07397858