Official Title: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Speech Processing Brain Areas in Schizophrenic Patients Who Hear Voices
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2013-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: OBJECTIVES
I Determine the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on treatment refractory auditory hallucinations of patients with schizophrenia
Detailed Description: PROTOCOL OUTLINE This is a randomized double blind study Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms
Group I Patients receive 9 sessions of active transcranial magnetic stimulation rTMS which consists of 8 minutes of rTMS during session 1 12 minutes duration during session 2 and 16 minutes duration during sessions 3-9 The total duration of stimulation is 132 minutes Each session was given on a separate day and in general each session occurred on consecutive days with the exception of weekends
Group II Patients receive 9 sessions of sham stimulation which consists of 8 minutes of sham stimulation during session 1 12 minutes duration sham stimulation during session 2 and 16 minutes duration sham stimulation during sessions 3-9 The total duration of sham stimulation is 132 minutes Each session was given conducted on a separate day and in general each session occured on consecutive days with the exception of weekends
This study provided pilot data supplying the basis for our current study - NCT00308997 -- see our website for details