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Last refreshed on: 26 October 2015
Main ID:  NCT02159001
Date of registration: 04/06/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Niuvanniemi Hospital
Public title: Electroconvulsive Therapy in Clozapine-resistant Schizophrenia
Scientific title: Efficacy and Cognitive Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia
Date of first enrolment: June 2014
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02159001
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:     Soile Hyvärinen, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +358 295 242 219
Email: soile.hyvarinen@niuva.fi
Affiliation: 
Name:     Eila Tiihonen, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +358 295 242 204
Email: eila.tiihonen@niuva.fi
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

- treatment-resistant to clozapine

- age 18 - 64 years

- capacity and willingness to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- serious somatic illness

- progressive neurological illness, recent brain damage or sequela of serious brain
damage

- ECT less than 3 months prior to this trial



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 64 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective Disorder
Intervention(s)
Device: electroconvulsive therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Positive and Negative Symptom Scale [Time Frame: 2 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
22014
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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