NeuroStar TMS therapy shows favorable outcomes compared to antidepressants for depression
Companion health economics analysis shows Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is cost-effective among patients who fail to benefit from prior antidepressant medication
2014-05-06
(Press-News.org) NEW YORK, May 6, 2014 – Neuronetics, Inc. announced today a new analysis of data at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association that shows Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) administered with the NeuroStar TMS Therapy System resulted in greater symptom improvement than next-choice conventional antidepressant medication among patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who failed to benefit from prior antidepressant medication. In a propensity-score matched analysis of data from two independent studies, patient-reported symptom outcomes measured by the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS-SR), showed that after 6 weeks of acute phase treatment, 53 percent of patients treated with NeuroStar TMS Therapy reported no or mild depression. In contrast, the propensity-score matched population of patients treated with next-choice antidepressant medication showed improvement among 38 percent of patients (P END
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