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The high prevalence of cannabis and other substance use disorders are a major barrier to recovery in people with schizophrenia. Moreover, schizophrenia patients have significant deficits in cognitive function, which may be exacerbated by cannabis use. Complicating these problems is the lack of evidence-based treatments for co-morbid cannabis use disorders (CUDs) in schizophrenia; there are no established pharmacotherapies. Therefore, this study is investigating the effects of high-frequency (20Hz) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on cannabis use disorder and cognitive function in patients with co-morbid schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder. The proposed study would be the first randomized, double-blind, sham controlled trial of rTMS in patients with schizophrenia and co-morbid CUD. A total of N=40 schizophrenia smokers with co-morbid cannabis use disorder will be assigned to either active rTMS (N=20) or sham rTMS (N=20) as a treatment regimen of 5X/week treatment for four consecutive weeks. All participants will receive weekly behavioral therapy for 4 weeks. The investigators predict that active rTMS will be well-tolerated and superior to sham rTMS for the treatment of CUD in schizophrenia.


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NCT number NCT03189810
Study type Interventional
Source Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date June 1, 2017
Completion date June 30, 2021

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