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临床试验/NCT01072617
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Safety and Therapeutic Efficacy of Cerebellar Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With Schizophrenia

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 8 人开始时间: 2008年2月最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
入组人数
8
试验地点
2
主要终点
Adverse Events

研究概览

简要总结

The primary aim of this protocol is to determine whether the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over vermis of the cerebellum may be safe and therapeutically effective in patients with schizophrenia. Because this is the first evaluation of this treatment in this population, the focus of this study is safety.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Na
干预模型
Single Group
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 65 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Age between 18-65 years
  • Diagnosis of schizophrenia according to DSM-IV criteria(by a board-certified psychiatrist)

排除标准

  • Prior neurosurgical procedures
  • Any history of seizure
  • Previous head injury
  • Contraindication to TMS:
  • Implanted pacemaker
  • Medication pump
  • Vagal stimulator
  • Deep brain stimulator
  • Metallic hardware in the head or scalp: shrapnel, surgical clips, or fragments from welding
  • Signs of increased intracranial pressure
  • TENS unit and ventriculo-peritoneal shunt
  • Pregnancy or lactating; note that a negative pregnancy test will be required if the patient is a female in reproductive years
  • Advanced liver, kidney, cardiac, or pulmonary disease as defined clinically or a terminal medical diagnosis consistent with survival < 1 year
  • A history of significant alcohol or drug abuse in the prior six months
  • No focal cortical insult can be present, including tumor or vascular malformation
  • Patients may not be actively enrolled in a separate intervention study
  • Patients unable to undergo a brain MR:
  • a. claustrophobia refractory to anxiolytics ferromagnetic metal in the body such as a prosthetic heart valve, a pacemaker, or a brain aneurysm clip).
  • Change in antipsychotic medication during the last 4 weeks
  • Any emergency psychiatry department visit during the last 4 weeks
  • Been an inpatient in a psychiatry clinic within the last month
  • Any other axis I diagnosis

结局指标

主要结局

Adverse Events

时间窗: 3 weeks

Adverse event collection at baseline, daily for 5 days during treatment, every other day by phone until the final assessment at week 1 follow up visit.

次要结局

  • Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) - Negative Subscale(Baseline, 5 days (post-treatment), 1 week post treatment)
  • Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) - Positive Subscale(Baseline, 5 days (post-treatment), 1 week post treatment)
  • Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) - General Subscale(Baseline, 5 days (post-treatment), 1 week post treatment)

研究者

申办方类型
Other
责任方
Principal Investigator
主要研究者

Alvaro Pascual-Leone

Professor of Neurology

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

研究点 (2)

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