EFFICACY OF BILATERAL CONTINUOUS THETA BURST TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION FOR AUDITORY VERBAL HALLUCINATIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: A RANDOMIZED SHAM CONTROLLED TRIAL - CTBSAVH

SRI GURU RAM RAI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND SCEINCES0 个研究点目标入组 59 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2022年10月17日

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•1.) Patients must fulfill the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia as per ICD-10 DCR (Diagnostic criteria for research).
•2.) Age: between 18-59 years.
•3.) Right-handed patients.
•4.) Severity of AVH: score of 3 or more according to Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).
•5.) Inadequate response (remission of AVH) to at least one antipsychotic drug at maximally tolerated dose, which is within the recommended therapeutic range, in trials lasting 6 weeks or more.
•6.) Stable antipsychotic medication 4 weeks before and during the continuous theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment.

•1.) History suggestive of brain injury or surgery.
•2.) Any significant brain malformation/neoplasm.
•3.) Neurodegenerative disorder or history of seizures.
•4.) History of ECT within the past 6 months.
•5.) Pacemakers of other metal parts in the body.
•6.) Diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorder due to use of psychoactive substances harmful use or dependence (except nicotine and caffeine).

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SRI GURU RAM RAI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND SCEINCES