Evaluation of the Efficacy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Resistant Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

NCT ID: NCT06599372

Last Updated: 2024-09-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-07-11

Study Completion Date

2027-11-30

Brief Summary

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This open naturalistic study aims to evaluate the efficacy of rTMS in routine practice on auditory resistant hallucinations (AHR) of patients with schizophrenia. To this end, two stimulation methods will be offered to patients: the rTMS stimulation method and the cTBS stimulation method.We principally use the AHRS scale to evaluate the effectiveness of rTMS on RAH in patients with schizophrenia. Our main hypothesis is that rTMS used under naturalistic conditions, in addition to antipsychotics, would allow a relative improvement of resistant auditory hallucinations assessed by the AHRS scale between baseline and end of treatment in patients with schizophrenia.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Schizophrenia Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Hallucinations, Verbal Auditory

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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The rTMS method

The treatment lasts 2 weeks with 20 rTMS sessions at a rate of 2 sessions per day. Each session lasts 20 minutes with a one hour break between sessions. The application of rTMS will be done on the left temporo-parietal junction.

Group Type OTHER

The rTMS method

Intervention Type OTHER

The patient receives treatment under naturalistic conditions in routine practice.

The cTBS method

The treatment lasts 15 days with 45 sessions of cTBS at a rate of 3 sessions per day. The session lasts 40 seconds and consists of 3 pulses at 50Hz repeated every 200 milliseconds (5Hz) to reach a total of 600 pulses, with a 15 minute break between sessions. The application of cTBS will be performed on the left temporo-parietal junction.

Group Type OTHER

The cTBS method

Intervention Type OTHER

The patient receives the treatment under naturalistic conditions in routine practice.

Interventions

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The rTMS method

The patient receives treatment under naturalistic conditions in routine practice.

Intervention Type OTHER

The cTBS method

The patient receives the treatment under naturalistic conditions in routine practice.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient over 18 years of age
* Patient diagnosed with schizophrenia according to DSM-V criteria (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder V5, 2013)
* Presence of auditory hallucinations: Resistant auditory hallucinations: resistance to treatment with 2 different well-conducted antipsychotics.
* Patient agreeing to participate in the study and having signed an informed consent
* Patient with French language skills
* Affiliation to a social security system
* Women of childbearing age must be on contraception and have a negative pregnancy test (βHCG)

Exclusion Criteria

* Have a contraindication to MST: intracranial foreign body, unstabilized epilepsy, cochlear implant
* Presence of an unstabilized medical condition
* Pregnant woman (Women of childbearing age without effective contraception)
* Current or less than one month old engagement in another research protocol
* A person who is subject to a safeguard of justice measure
* An adult under curatorship
* Minor patients with mental health problems
* Pregnant or breastfeeding women
* A person in a social fragility (Persons deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, hospitalized persons)
* Persons incapable or unable to give consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Dominique JANUEL

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dominique JANUEL

Head of clinical research unit

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Dominique JANUEL

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Clinical research unit, EPS Ville Evrard

Noomane BOUAZIZ

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Clinical research unit, EPS Ville Evrard

Locations

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Etablissement Public de Santé de Ville-Evrard

Neuilly-sur-Marne, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Youcef Bencherif

Role: CONTACT

+33 1 43 09 32 32

Rusheentira Thavaseelan

Role: CONTACT

+33 1 43 09 32 32

Facility Contacts

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Youcef Bencherif

Role: primary

+33 1 43 09 32 32

Rusheentira Thavaseelan

Role: backup

+33 1 43 09 32 32

Other Identifiers

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2021-A02698-33

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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