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Awarded Trial: 03T-354

Grant ID

03T-354

Illness

Schizophrenia

Primary Drug/Intervention

Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS- EEG Guided)

Primary Dosage

4 seconds per minute and a total of 20 minutes per day

Secondary Drug Intervention

N/A

Secondary Dosage

N/A

Other Drug/Intervention

N/A

Other Dosage

N/A

Status

Completed

Investigator

Jin

Sample Size

110

Duration of Study Period for Each Subject

4 weeks

Outcome Measurements

PANSS, CGI, AIMS, SAS, Barnes Akathisia, HDRI

Results

At the end of week 2 there was a significant effect of frontal and parietal TMS on PANSS positive symptom ratings compared to sham. Patients with longer duration of illness and who were receiving atypical antipsychotics seemed to benefit less from the treatment. TMS also seemed to improve extrapyramidal side effects.

Publication

N/A

Link

N/A

PI Name

Yi Jin

Degree

MD

Center

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Institution

University of California, Irvine Medical Center

Address

D404 Medical Sciences 1

City or Town

Irvine

State or Province

CA

Zip or Postal Code

92697

Country

USA

Email Address

yjin@uci.edu