Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Schizophr Bull. 2024 Apr 30;50(3):589-599. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbad144.
BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: Obesity is a common comorbidity in individuals with schizophrenia and is associated with poor clinical outcomes. At present, there are limited effective approaches for addressing this issue. We conducted a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of noninvasive magnetic stimulation techniques in reducing obesity in individuals with schizophrenia. STUDY DESIGN: Forty overweight individuals with schizophrenia were recruited and randomly assigned to receive either the active or sham intervention. The active group received 50 accelerated continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) sessions over the left primary motor area (M1), while the sham group received sham stimulation. The primary outcomes were the change in body weight and body mass index (BMI), and the secondary outcomes were the psychiatric symptoms, eating behavior scales, metabolic measures, and electrophysiological to food picture stimuli. STUDY RESULTS: The study demonstrated a significant decrease in body weight and BMI after the intervention selectively in the active group (mean = -1.33 kg, P = .002), and this improvement remained at the 1-month follow-up (mean = -2.02 kg, P = .008). The score on the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (mean = -1.78, P = 0.036) decreased in the active group and mediated the effect of accelerated cTBS on body weight. In the food picture cue electroencephalograph task, the late positive potential component, which is related to motivated attention and emotional processing, decreased in frontal brain regions and increased in posterior regions after the active intervention. CONCLUSIONS: The accelerated cTBS may offer a promising approach for treating obesity in individuals with schizophrenia. Further research with a larger sample size or individualized stimulation protocol should be promising. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinical trial registered with clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05086133).
背景与假说:肥胖是精神分裂症患者的常见合并症,与不良临床结局相关。目前,针对这一问题的有效方法有限。我们进行了一项双盲、随机、假对照临床试验,以探究非侵入性磁刺激技术在减轻精神分裂症患者肥胖中的疗效。
研究设计:招募了 40 名超重的精神分裂症患者,并随机分为接受主动或假干预组。主动组接受 50 次左侧初级运动区(M1)加速连续 theta 爆发刺激(cTBS),而假组接受假刺激。主要结局是体重和体重指数(BMI)的变化,次要结局是精神症状、饮食行为量表、代谢指标和食物图片刺激的电生理。
研究结果:研究显示,干预后主动组体重和 BMI 显著下降(平均=-1.33kg,P=0.002),且在 1 个月随访时仍保持改善(平均=-2.02kg,P=0.008)。主动组的巴瑞特冲动量表评分(平均=-1.78,P=0.036)下降,加速 cTBS 对体重的影响与冲动性相关。在食物图片线索脑电图任务中,与动机注意和情绪处理相关的晚期正电位成分在主动干预后在前脑区域减少,在后脑区域增加。
结论:加速 cTBS 可能为治疗精神分裂症患者肥胖提供一种有前景的方法。进一步的研究需要更大的样本量或个体化刺激方案。
试验注册:Clinicaltrials.gov 注册(NCT05086133)。