In this study, the investigators will examine whether a type of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation called accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) can augment neurocognition in individuals who receive treatment with clozapine. Following a baseline evaluation and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), participants will undergo a session of iTBS +MRI and session of sham delivery + MRI. The order for these sessions will be blinded and randomized. The investigators predict that accelerated iTBS will enhance neurocognition relative to sham delivery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
30
sham delivery of transcranial magnetic stimulation
accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital/University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGchange in brain functional connectivity within the prefrontal cortex
Examine changes in left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex-basal forebrain functional connectivity following adjunctive accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS)
Time frame: 1 hour
change in activation of the working memory network
Examine whether accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is associated with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)-based changes in activation of the working memory network during AX-continuous performance task engagement
Time frame: 1 hour
explore change in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures versus plasma n-desmethylclozapine/clozapine ratios
In exploratory analyses we will compare change in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex-basal forebrain functional connectivity and change in working memory network activation in relation to plasma n-desmethylclozapine/clozapine ratios.
Time frame: 1 month
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