Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) as an add-on Treatment for Resistant Obsessive-compulsive Symptoms in Patients With Schizophrenia

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre1 site in 1 country12 target enrollmentJuly 2011

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Schizophrenia
Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Enrollment: 12
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Change of Obsessive Compulsive symptoms (using Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale - Y-BOCS)
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 10 years ago

This is a study to evaluate the efficacy of rTMS for relief of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

July 2011

End Date

February 2016

Last Updated

10 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Sponsor

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Change of Obsessive Compulsive symptoms (using Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale - Y-BOCS)

Time Frame: Baseline, after 20 rTMS sessions (an expected average of 4 weeks), and 4 weeks after end of treatment

Change of Psychotic Symptoms (using Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale - BPRS)(Baseline, after 20 rTMS sessions (an expected average of 4 weeks), and 4 weeks after end of treatment)
Change of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)(Baseline, after 20 rTMS sessions (an expected average of 4 weeks), and 4 weeks after end of treatment)