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Effects of Treatment of PTSD on Reduced Recall for Fear Extinction

NCT01228253 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2015-09-30

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Summary

This preliminary study will examine the differential effects of rTMS on the recall of extinction of conditioned fear in patients suffering from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder ) compared with subjects without PTSD but with high risk of relapse.

Conditions

  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

DEVICE

rTMS: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

patients will be treated with rTMS at 10 Hz (D3 to D7 and D10-D14, 1 session / day)

DEVICE

SHAM rTMS: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is off

patients will be treated with rTMS at 10 Hz (D3 to D7 and D10-D14, 1 session / day with the stimulator on off

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michel BENOIT, PhD · psychiatry department, Nice University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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