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. 2019 Mar 19;2019(3):CD011847. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011847.pub2

Melzer 2015.

Methods Allocation: parallel, randomised
Blind: double‐blind
Country: Brazil
Length of study: awaiting full text
Participants Diagnosis: super‐refractory schizophrenia
Total N at randomisation = 20
Sex: men and women
Age (years): range 18 to 55
Length of illness (years): awaiting full text
Inclusion criteria:
(1) DSM‐IV‐TR criteria for schizophrenia
(2) Age between 18 and 55 years, men and women
(3) All patients were on clozapine treatment for at least 6 months, with or without add‐on therapy, with unsatisfactory response, defined as CGI ≥ 4, and PANSS total ≥ 60 at baseline
Exclusion criteria: awaiting full text
Interventions ECT group: ECT
Control group: Sham‐ECT
Outcomes PANSS (and its sub scales ‐ positive, negative, and general psychopathology) and CGI
Notes Awaiting classification due to no full text.
Contact information: Not available