Genetic Research in Schizophrenia Using DNA Markers and Clinical Phenotypes

Completed

Conditions studied: Schizophrenia

In brief

Schizophrenia has long been known to be an illness with significant evidence for a genetic predisposition. The purpose of this study is to determine the genetic abnormalities that cause childhood and adult onset schizophrenia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00108303

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

538

Starts

2004-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-07

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Individuals thought to have schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, be the parent of such an individual, or be in the matched control group of unrelated individuals not thought to have schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to give informed consent;
• Psychotic disorder judged to be secondary to substance abuse, psychotic disorder that appears to be secondary to a known medical or neurological disorder, or severe mental retardation

Where it is running

• VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver — Denver, Colorado, United States

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