Cognitive Remediation and Functional Skills Training in Schizophrenia

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Schizophrenia; Schizoaffective Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Remediation; Behavioral: FAST

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01175642

PSYC-085-08

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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75 participants in 3 patient groups

Cognitive remediation

Experimental group

Description:

Cognitive remediation

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Remediation

Functional Adaptive Skills Training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Functional and social skills group treatment

Treatment:

Behavioral: FAST

Combined Treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Combined cognitive remediation and functional adaptive skills training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Remediation

Behavioral: FAST