Cognitive Remediation and Functional Skills Training in Schizophrenia

Early Phase 1CompletedNCT01175642

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression75 enrolled

Overview

This randomized trial is examining whether a treatment called cognitive remediation is more effective when it is paired with a social and functional skills training component.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder

Interventions

Cognitive RemediationBEHAVIORAL

Computer-based, therapist-lead cognitive remediation

FASTBEHAVIORAL

Functional adaptive skills training. Group treatment to foster the acquisition of social and adaptive skills

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder * Enrolled in outpatient mental health care * Reading level of 6th grade or higher * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Medical conditions known to affect cognition

Locations (1)

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

neurocognition

Time frame: 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

functional competence

performance-based measures of functional and social competence

Time frame: 12 weeks

neurocognition

Time frame: 24 weeks

neurocognition

Time frame: 36 weeks

functional competence

Time frame: 24 weeks

functional competence

Time frame: 36 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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