Official Title: Effectiveness of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation nTMS for Negative Symptoms in Patients With Schizophrenia A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This research aims to test the effectiveness of Navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation nTMS for negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia In this double-blind randomized controlled trial patients will be assigned to active iTBS experimental group or sham iTBS group Treatment will last for 10 days and data will be collected at baseline 1 day and 1 month after treatment
Detailed Description: This research aims to test the effectiveness of Navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation nTMS for negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia In this double-blind randomized controlled trial patients will be assigned to active iTBS experimental group or sham iTBS group By using the TMS Navigation System the iTBS will be targeted at the left Supramarginal Gyrus and parameters are set to triplet 50Hz bursts repeat at 5Hz 2s seconds on and 8 seconds off 1800 pulses per session intensity of 90 resting motor thresholdRMT total duration of 10 minutesBoth group will receive nTMS 5 times a day total treatment for 10 days At baseline the day of the end of treatment day 111 1 month after the treatment day407 data of primary and secondary outcomes will be collected in order to test the effectiveness of nTMS