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Our study evaluated the augmenting antidepressant effect of 8-weeks transcranial pulsed electromagnetic field (T-PEMF) therapy in patients with treatment-resistant depression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933820000036_sec2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods.<\/jats:title><jats:p>A multicenter 8-week single-arm cohort study conducted by the Danish University Antidepressant Group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933820000036_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>In total, 58 participants (20 men and 38 women) with a moderate to severe depression as part of a depressive disorder according to ICD-10 who fulfilled criteria for treatment resistance were included, with 19 participants being nonresponders to electroconvulsive therapy during the current depressive episode. Fifty-two participants completed the study period. Scores on the Hamilton Depression Scale 17-items version (HAM-D<jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>) decreased significantly from baseline (mean\u00a0=\u00a020.6, SD 4.0) to endpoint (mean\u00a0=\u00a012.6, SD 7.1;<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a058). At endpoint, utilizing a Last Observation Carried Forward analysis, 49 and 28% of those participants with, respectively, a nonchronic current episode (\u22642\u00a0years;<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a033) and a chronic current episode (&gt;2\u00a0years;<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a025) were responders, that is, achieved a reduction of 50% or more on the HAM-D<jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>scale. At endpoint, respectively, 30 and 16% obtained remission, defined as HAM-D<jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>\u00a0\u2264\u00a07. On the Hamilton Scale 6-item version (HAM-D<jats:sub>6)<\/jats:sub>, respectively, 51 and 16% obtained remission, defined as HAM-D<jats:sub>6<\/jats:sub>\u00a0\u2264\u00a04.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933820000036_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions.<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings indicate a potential beneficial role of T-PEMF therapy as an augmentation treatment to ongoing pharmacotherapy in treatment-resistant depression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1192\/j.eurpsy.2020.3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,18]],"date-time":"2020-02-18T08:27:30Z","timestamp":1582014450000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Transcranial pulsed electromagnetic fields for treatment-resistant depression: A multicenter 8-week single-arm cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1192","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8954-6410","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erik 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