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. 2009;11(5):226–230. doi: 10.4088/PCC.08m00663

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics and Drug Treatment of Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Who Received Active or Sham Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)

Pharmacologic Treatment BaselineYBOCS Score YBOCS ScoreAfter rTMS YBOCS Score After rTMS (12-wk follow-up)
Group and Patients 2wk 4 wk 6 wk 8 wk 10 wk 12 wk
Active rTMS
 1 Fluvoxamine 36 34 34 34 33 33 33 33
 2 Venlafaxine, risperidone 26 18 19 22 19 19 19 19
 3 Fluvoxamine 25 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
 4 Fluvoxamine 32 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
 5 Fluoxetine 37 24 27 29 27 25 25 25
 6 Fluvoxamine, paroxetine 28 17 17 17 17 17 16 16
 7 Fluvoxamine, clomipramine, risperidone 31 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
 8 Clomipramine 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
 9 Fluvoxamine 31 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
 10 Clomipramine 39 36 35 40 40 40 39 39
 11 Sertraline 16 10 6 6 6 6 6 6
 12 Clomipramine, risperidone 34 25 25 25 25 25 30 30
 13 Fluvoxamine 38 33 33 33 34 34 34 34
 14 Clomipramine 36 24 12 12 12 20 28 36
 15 Fluvoxamine 38 36 36 36 36 36 36 36
 16 Fluvoxamine 34 33 33 34 34 34 34 34
Sham rTMS
 17 Venlafaxine 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
 18 Fluvoxamine, clomipramine 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
 19 Clomipramine 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
 20 Clomipramine, risperidone 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37
 21 Clomipramine 29 24 24 29 24 24 29 24
 22 Fluvoxamine 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
 23 Fluoxetine 38 28 28 30 30 28 30 30

Abbreviation: YBOCS = Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.