Comparing Cognitive Remediation Approaches for Schizophrenia

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder

In brief

This research compares the relative efficacy of two empirically-supported, standardized programs of cognitive remediation for treatment of cognitive deficits and community function in schizophrenia to help inform best practices. The proposed study advances public health by developing and evaluating new behavioral techniques for improving psychosocial outcome in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04123223

Run by

Wesleyan University

People needed

135

Starts

2019-11-01

Expected to finish

2022-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-08-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Meeting DSM-5 criteria for schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, presenting for intensive outpatient clinical care.
• Stabilized on atypical antipsychotic medication for a minimum of 2 months prior to entry into the protocol.
• A minimum of 2 months since discharge from last hospitalization.

You may not qualify if…

• Uncorrected auditory or visual impairment.
• Mental retardation (Full Scale IQ<70, as estimated by single word-reading from the WRAT and/or evidence of a history of services).
• Traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness for more than 10 minutes.
• Presence or history of any neurologic illness.
• Lack of proficiency in English
• Criteria met for concurrent substance dependence,
• Scoring within 1SD of healthy control performance (from published norms) on measures of visual vigilance, verbal learning, and working memory.

Where it is running

• Institute of Living — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• River Valley Services — Middletown, Connecticut, United States

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