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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2023/05/052347
CTRI/2023/05/052347
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Adjunctive Intermittent Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (iTBS) of Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Patients with Deficit Schizophrenia: A Sham Controlled fNIRS Study.

Central Institute of Psychiatry0 sites0 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: F20- Schizophrenia
Sponsor
Central Institute of Psychiatry
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\.Diagnosis of Schizophrenia using Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR) of International Classification of Disease\-10th edition (ICD\-10, World Health Organization, 1993\). 2\.Aged between 18\- 60 years, right\-handed individuals of either sex. 3\.An illness of duration more than 2 years \& on stable dose of antipsychotics. 4\.Patients with significant deficit syndrome \[Based upon PANSS, one can assess deficit syndrome by using a formula \[(blunted affect \+ emotional withdrawal) \- (anxiety\+ guilt feelings \+ depressive mood \+ hostility)]. A cut\-off point of more than â?? 2 will be used to categorize the deficit group\[Gard et al.,2006]. This method is also known as Proxy deficit syndrome (PDS) criteria] 5\.Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) score more than 20\. 6\.Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) score less than 7\. 7\.Patients giving written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\.Presence of comorbid neurological or other psychiatric disorder(s). 2\.Patients with comorbid substance dependence in the last 6 months, except nicotine and caffeine. 3\.Subjects who have received ECT/ any other neuromodulation in the past one months. 4\.Patients with contraindications to iTBS like pacemakers, metallic implants etc.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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