Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00169689
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Therapeutic and Biological Effects of High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Schizophrenia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind sham-controlled study.
Detailed description
The principal objective of this trial is to investigate the effect of left prefrontal high frequency rTMS on negative symptoms in schizophrenia.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | rTMS, "repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation" | 10 Hz rTMS (10.000 stimuli) over left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex |
| OTHER | rTMS | repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, 10 Hz, 10.000 stimuli, 2 weeks |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2003-06-01
- Completion
- 2007-08-01
- First posted
- 2005-09-15
- Last updated
- 2008-01-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00169689. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.