"Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Voices"

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

85

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 28, 2006

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2011

Study Completion Date

April 30, 2012

Conditions
SchizophreniaHallucinations
Interventions
DEVICE

1-hertz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Sham stimulation given to Wernicke's area or a right homologous area for 16 minutes per day x 5 days for week I, the same for week II with switch from right to left or left to right, and 5 more stimulation sessions (16 minutes per session) to the side producing greater benefit for week III.

DEVICE

Active 1-Hertz Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Active stimulation given to Wernicke's area or a right homologous area for 16 minutes per day x 5 days for week I, the same for week II with switch from right to left or left to right, and 5 more stimulation sessions (16 minutes per session) to the side producing greater benefit for week III.

Trial Locations (1)

06519

Yale Psychiatric Research, New Haven

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

Yale University

OTHER

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