Adjunctive dTMS for treatment of negative symptoms in Schizophrenia
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F20- Schizophrenia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/07/035267
- Lead Sponsor
- Central Institute of Psychiatry
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 54
1. Diagnosis of Schizophrenia using Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR) of International
Classification of Disease-10th edition (ICD-10, World Health Organization, 1992).
2. Age between 18- 60 years of either sex.
3. Illness duration of equal to or more than 2 years.
4. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS) negative symptoms score
of more than 15.
5. Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) score more than 20.
6. Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) score less than 7.
7. Right-handed.
8. Patients giving written informed consent.
1. Presence of co-morbid neurological or other psychiatric disorder(s).
2. Patient with co morbid substance dependence, except nicotine and caffeine.
3. Having any metallic implants/parts in body.8
4. Subjects who have received ECT in past 6 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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