The PRIME North America randomized double-blind clinical trial of olanzapine versus placebo in patients at risk of being prodromally symptomatic for psychosis I. Study rationale and design
McGlashan TH, Zipursky RB, Perkins D, Addington J, Miller TJ, Woods SW, Hawkins KA, Hoffman R, Lindborg S, Tohen M, Breier A. The PRIME North America randomized double-blind clinical trial of olanzapine versus placebo in patients at risk of being prodromally symptomatic for psychosis I. Study rationale and design. Schizophrenia Research 2003, 61: 7-18. PMID: 12648731, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(02)00439-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychosis onsetClinical trialsDouble-blind placebo-controlled clinical trialStudy rationaleDouble-blind clinical trialPlacebo-controlled clinical trialAtypical neuroleptic medicationsNew diagnostic criteriaClinical trial designPutative prodromal syndromeTreatment-seeking patientsOngoing symptomatologyNeuroleptic medicationHigh riskDiagnostic criteriaTrial designEarly courseProdromal SyndromesClinical phenomenologyStudy designClinical populationsPatientsOnsetIntervention researchTrialsTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation of Left Temporoparietal Cortex and Medication-Resistant Auditory Hallucinations
Hoffman RE, Hawkins KA, Gueorguieva R, Boutros NN, Rachid F, Carroll K, Krystal JH. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Left Temporoparietal Cortex and Medication-Resistant Auditory Hallucinations. JAMA Psychiatry 2003, 60: 49-56. PMID: 12511172, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.1.49.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationMedication-resistant auditory hallucinationsTranscranial magnetic stimulationLeft temporoparietal cortexAuditory hallucinationsSham stimulationMagnetic stimulationTemporoparietal cortexOpen-label trialMotor thresholdAntipsychotic medicationSustained reductionBrain areasSchizoaffective disorderCortical activationPossible treatmentNeuropsychological impairmentNeuropsychological assessmentPatientsAdditional studiesCortexStimulationTrialsHallucinationsTreatment effects