# rTMS as a Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Secondary to Malignancy

> **NCT02078479** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Assiut University** · enrollment: 34 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Malignancy

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** 20 Hz, 10 s, 10 trains with inter-train interval 30 s 2000 pulses , intensity 80% over hand area daily for 10 consecutive days (5 days/week).
- **PROCEDURE:** sham rTMS (same parameters but with coil elevated and angled away from the head)every day for ten consecutive days (5 days/week).

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02078479
- **Lead sponsor:** Assiut University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-01
- **Primary completion:** 2013-05
- **Final completion:** 2013-05
- **Target enrollment:** 34 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-03-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02078479

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02078479, "rTMS as a Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Secondary to Malignancy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02078479. Licensed CC0.

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