Efficacy of Maintenance Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Auditory Verbal Hallucinations
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Schizophrenia; Psychosis
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 65
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen · Other
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About This Trial
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can alleviate persistent auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in schizophrenic patients, but the classical procedure with low-frequency stimulation for several weeks upon the left temporoparietal junction have shown modest therapeutic effects, and there is currently no robust predictive factor to the response of the treatment. In a previous multi…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Male or female; Age ≥ 18 years ≤ 65 years
* Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders according to DSM 5.0 criteria
* Patients treated with at least one antipsychotic medication
* Presence of auditory verbal hallucinations despite the optimization of the antipsyc…
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