Post Marketing Study to Evaluate the Resource Utilization of Patients Suffering From Resistant Depression Treated With Deep TMS in Comparison to Treatment as Usual

many patients do not respond to antidepressant or could not tolerate the adverse events.
Hence, many patients are looking for medical alternatives. Those alternatives include
psychotherapy, ECT, and TMS. The direct cost of those treatments is relatively high compare
to antidepressants. However, the indirect costs including hospitalizations, physician visit,
ER visits, pharmacy claims, labs and adverse events management may increase the overall costs
and burden of illness for the health system. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the
Deep TMS compare to TAU and the different in indirect costs of treating depression with Deep
TMS compare to the TAU.

The current study is a prospective semi-naturalistic, randomized study in which depressed
patient who failed to respond to at least one medication or couldn't tolerate at least two
antidepressants and are seeking for alternative treatment will be offered to join an open
label study. Patients eligible for the study will be asked to sign the informed consent. Than
patients will be randomized to either Deep TMS treatment or TAU. The Deep TMS study group
will receive the TMS treatment protocol as was cleared by the FDA. The TAU study group will
be treated by their primary care physician / psychiatrist according to the usual treatment
recommend to the patient's clinical status. Patient may continue its current treatment (with
/ without medications) or switch to a new treatment. However, treatment should be stable for
at least 30 days prior to baseline visit except of Fluoxetine in which 45 days are required.
Patients will be followed at 4 weeks and 6 month following baseline visit. The deep TMS
treatment includes 4 weeks of acute daily treatment (20 treatments) following by 12 weeks of
biweekly maintenance treatment. The purpose of the study is to explore the efficacy of the
Deep TMS treatment compare to TAU and to investigate the differences in resource utilization
between the study groups. The study population will be based on the FDA cleared patient
population for the Deep TMS treatment. Safety will be assessed by monitoring of adverse
events Other assessment scales will be used during the course of the study. Efficacy will be
assessed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Score (HDRS), the self-reported questionnaires
the QIDS-SR and the PHQ-9. Quality of life will be assessed by the Q-Les-Q questionnaire.
Disability will be assessed by the Sheehan Disability Scale.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Outpatients

- Patients at Healthcare Partners for at least one year

- Men and women 22-68 years of age

- Primary DSM-IV diagnosis of Major Depression, single or recurrent episode confirmed in
Health Care Partners (HCP) database by ICD-9 diagnosis code

- Subject with QIDS score > 14 Subject with an HDRS-21 score > 22

- If treating with antidepressants patient should be stable on treatment for at least 30
days prior to baseline visit or 45 days in case of Fluoxetine

- Capable and willing to provide informed consent

- Able to adhere to the treatment schedule

Exclusion Criteria:

- QIDS-SR item 12 " Thoughts of Death or Suicide " score ≥3 or HDRS- 21 item 3 "Suicidal
Ideation" score ≥3

- Depression secondary to a general medical condition, or substance- induced;

- History of substance abuse or dependence within the past 6 month (except nicotine and
caffeine)

- Schizophrenic disorder

- Schizoaffective disorder

- Bipolar disorder, except when mania/hypomania was related to administration of
antidepressant medications

- Major depression with psychotic features in the current episode

- Delusional disorder (current or within the past year)

- Eating disorders (current or within the past year)

- Obsessive compulsive disorder (current or within the past year)

- Post-traumatic stress disorder (current or within the past year)

- Current (or within 12 months of baseline) generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder
or social anxiety disorder as assessed by the investigator to be primary, causing a
higher degree of distress or impairment than MDD.

- Current (or within 12 months of baseline) personality disorder (such as antisocial,
schizotypal, histrionic, borderline, narcissistic) as assessed by the investigator to
be primary, causing a higher degree of distress or impairment than MDD.

- Patients who have conductive, ferromagnetic or other magnetic- sensitive metals
implanted in their head or within 30 cm of the treatment coil. Examples include
cochlear implants, implanted electrodes/stimulators, aneurysm clips or coils, stents,
bullet fragments, jewelry and hair barrettes

- Patients who have active or inactive implants (including device leads), including
cardiac pacemakers, implanted defibrillators, deep brain stimulators, cochlear
implants, and vagus nerve stimulators

- Known or suspected pregnancy

- Women of childbearing potential and not using a medically accepted form of
contraception when engaging in sexual intercourse

- Minimal MT found for both hands is higher than 70% of stimulator power output