NCT04106427Completed
Brain Stimulation And Group Therapy to Improve Gesture and Social Skills in Psychosis (BrAGG-SoS)
Brain Stimulation And Group Therapy to Improve Gesture and Social Skills in Psychosis (BrAGG-SoS) - a Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Trial of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Group Therapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Aug 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the effects of 10 sessions of continuous theta burst stimulation and the effects of 16 sessions of social cognitive remediation therapy on gesture performance and nonverbal communication skills in schizophrenia
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 73 (actual)
- First submitted
- 17 Sept 2019
- Start date
- 1 Dec 2019
- Primary completion date
- 24 Apr 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Bern
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT04106427
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 73
- From 1 Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, 24 Apr 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Standard exclusion criteria for cerebral magnetic resonance imaging scanning and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); e.g. metal implants, claustrophobia
- Patients only: any cognitive remediation therapy in the past 2 years
- Previous enrolment into the current study,
Other illness
- Past or current medical or neurological condition associated with impaired or aberrant movement, such as brain tumors, stroke, M. Parkinson, M. Huntington, dystonia, or severe head trauma with subsequent loss of consciousness.
- Epilepsy or other convulsions
- History of any hearing problems or ringing in the ears
Other
- Substance abuse or dependence other than nicotine
- Patients only: any transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment in the past 3 months
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding,
- Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study,
- Female participants who are surgically sterilised / hysterectomised or post-menopausal for longer than 2 years are not considered as being of child bearing potential.
- Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons
Who the study is looking for
- Right-handed subjects
- Ability and willingness to participate in the study
- Ability to provide written informed consent
- Informed Consent as documented by signature
- schizophrenia spectrum disorders according to Diagnostic and statistical manual version 5 (DSM-5)
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bern, Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bern | Switzerland | Unknown status |
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