Tolerability, Safety and Efficacy of the H1-coil Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Subjects With Negative Symptoms and Cognitive Deficits of Schizophrenia

NCT ID: NCT00685321

Last Updated: 2012-01-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-06-30

Study Completion Date

2013-01-31

Brief Summary

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Objectives:The purpose of the study is to explore the efficacy and safety of H1-Coil deep brain rTMS in subjects with negative symptoms and cognitive deficits of schizophrenia (deficit syndrome), currently treated with atypical antipsychotics.

Patient Population: The intention is to treat 45 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, who are currently suffering mainly from negative symptoms and cognitive deficits (deficit syndrome). The patients will be of all racial, ethnic and gender categories, ranging from 18 to 65 years of age, and have PANSS negative≥21 and PANSS positive\<24. Patients will be recruited from both academic and private research centers.

Structure: The study is a randomized, prospective, 8 weeks, double blind study. Blinding: The treatment administrator and the study personnel and patients will be masked to the treatment being administrated.

Concurrent Control: The study group will receive active rTMS treatment and the control group will receive an inactive, sham treatment.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Schizophrenia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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1

deep TMS treatment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

H1 deep TMS coil

Intervention Type DEVICE

20 daily deep rTMS treatment

2

inactive treatment

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham

Intervention Type DEVICE

inactive treatment

Interventions

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H1 deep TMS coil

20 daily deep rTMS treatment

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham

inactive treatment

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients between the ages of 18-65 (male and female), Diagnosed in the past as suffering from schizophrenia. The diagnosis will be reaffirmed according to ICD criteria.
2. Right hand dominant.
3. Scores in PANSS negative questionnaire above 21.
4. Gave informed consent for participation in the study.
5. Negative answers on safety screening questionnaire for transcranial magnetic stimulation
6. stable on the same antipsychotic medication for at least two months prior to entering the study.
7. Negative answers to all questions in the TMS safety questionnaire (attached ).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosed as suffering from another axis 1 disorder .
2. Scores in PANSS positive questionnaire above 24.
3. History of epilepsy, seizure, or hot spasm.
4. History of epilepsy within first-degree relatives.
5. History of head injuries.
6. History of metal in the head (outside the mouth space).
7. History of surgery including metal implant or history of metal particles in the eye, pacemaker, or any other medical pump.
8. History of migraines.
9. History of hearing loss (not due to aging) or cochlear implants.
10. History of drug or alcohol abuse during the last year.
11. Women - Pregnancy or not using a reliable method of birth control.
12. Inability to achieve satisfying level of communication with the subject.
13. suicide attempt in the year prior to treatment or suicide risk according to a suicide questionnaire
14. Custodians.
15. Participation in another medical study during the experiment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Shalvata Mental Health Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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yechiel levkovitz, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Shalvate mental health center

Locations

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Shalvata Mental Helath Center

Hod HaSharon, , Israel

Site Status RECRUITING

Shalvata

Hod HaSharon, , Israel

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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Israel

Central Contacts

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liron rabani, Phd. student

Role: CONTACT

972-97478644

Facility Contacts

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Hilik Levkovitz, prof.

Role: primary

972-9-7478569

Other Identifiers

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0024-07-SHA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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