Table 2.

Individual study requirements for participant inclusion and treatment continuation

Author	Required Failure or Intolerance of Previous Pharmacologic Treatment	Number of Courses/Medications	Concomitant Medication or Therapy Occurred
Carpenter	Yes	1+	Stable, ongoing psychotherapy permitted
Clarke	Yes	2+ (44.4% previously treated with ECT)	Treating psychiatrists requested not to make changes to patients’ medication immediately before or during rTMS treatment
Gwynette	Yes	2+	Yes, medication regimes stable for 1+ months allowed
Kumar	Yes	2+	-
Mantovani	Yes, included if symptomatic despite treatment with an adequate medication trial	1+	Yes, stable medication regimes (1+ months) and therapy regimes (3+) months allowed
Philip (2016)			Yes; were in treatment at VA PTSD clinic “inclusive of medication and psychotherapy”
Philip (2019)	Yes, included “if applicable” if symptomatic despite stable treatment for at least 6 weeks		Yes, ongoing therapy allowed to continue
White	-	-	-