Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Stratifying Psychoses for Personalized REpetitive TMS in Persistent NEgative Symptoms Alleviation

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Conditions:

Schizophrenia

Persistent Negative Symptoms

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

In its 2012's release guideline on therapy for schizophrenia, the EMA joined the FDA to acknowledge primary and persistent negative symptoms (PNS) as an unmet need in the treatment of schizophrenia. F...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18-70 years of age; affiliated to health insurance; superior or equal to B2 level of linguistic competency in French.
  • Suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) in residual state with persistent negative symptoms (PNS): (1) SSD: ICD-11 codes beginning with 6A2 + primary catatonia (codes beginning with 6A4) + simple schizophrenia as defined in ICD-10 (F20.6); (2) PNS: persistence (≥6 months - based on patient ± informant's interview) of ≥2 negative symptoms (PANSS-N1, N2, N3, N4, N6 ≥4) with functional impact.
  • Half of subjects having PPC, the other half suffering from another phenotype or nPPC (neuropsychiatric procedure or probabilistic, i.e. Bayes-PPC).
  • Under a stable medication regimen for \>6 weeks,
  • Subjects who have received the protocol information and signed informed consent.

Exclusion

  • \- Contraindications for MRI or rTMS.
  • Motor deficit at neurological examination.
  • Secondary negative symptoms: (1) withdrawal secondary to severe anxiety (especially due to positive symptoms), (2) depression, (3) maintenance on high dose antipsychotics, (4) extra-pyramidal or (5) sedation side-effects, (6) treatment non-compliance, (7) current substance abuse (except nicotine and caffeine), (8) unsubstituted past opioid addiction, (9) poor health or social condition.
  • Under antiepileptic drugs (except lamotrigine and long-term use of benzodiazepines).
  • Pregnancy; severe medical condition; care under constraint.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

160 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06184165

Start Date

March 1 2024

End Date

November 1 2028

Last Update

December 28 2023

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