Evidence map · Deep TMS · OCD
Deep TMS for OCD: what the research shows
Deep TMS (H7 coil) for OCD. 491 papers from 1997 to 2026, including 42 meta-analyses, 29 systematic reviews and 82 randomised controlled trials. Each study below links to its source.
491Papers in the corpus
42Meta-analyses
82Randomised controlled trials
141Open-access papers
Study design
Jev labels91 papers have no confident study-design label yet. Labels are AI-classified by Jev: advisory, not clinician-reviewed.
Papers over time
by publication year* 2025–26 is still in progress, so its count is incomplete.
Most-cited trials and reviews
by citations- 1
Efficacy and Safety of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.
- 2
Clinical and electrophysiological outcomes of deep TMS over the medial prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices in OCD patients.
- 3
Randomized sham-controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Effect of prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary study.
- 5
Right prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
- 6
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): an exploratory meta-analysis of randomized and sham-controlled trials.
- 7
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the orbitofrontal cortex for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a double-blind, crossover study.
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder: a double-blind controlled investigation.
Recent trials and reviews
last 3 years- 1
Is TBS an effective add-on therapy in treatment-resistant OCD? - A randomized controlled trial.
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RTMS Versus Fluvoxamine in the Treatment of OCD: A Randomized Open-label Pilot Study.
- 3
Personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces frontal eeg complexity in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Optimizing non-invasive brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review of protocol heterogeneity, personalized targets, and adjunctive efficacy.
- 5
Electrophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder after transcranial magnetic stimulation: A systematic review.
Decision support only. This page summarises published literature; it is not medical advice or a recommendation for any patient. Study designs and topic labels are AI-classified by Jev: advisory, not clinician-reviewed. Abstracts are not reproduced here: follow the links to read each source. Data snapshot 2026-09-25.