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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