Continued Early Intervention for Recent-onset Schizophrenia

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 3

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Treatments: Behavioral: integrated psychosocial treatment (behavior)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00184509

SHDIR-1992-1995 NFR-1997-1999;

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to determine whether outreach integrated treatment of first episode schizophrenia was more effecive than standard outpatient treatment.

Full description

Early intervention for schizophrenia has spawned considerable enthusiasm among clinicians without solid research evidence to suport its benefits and costs. The present study is a random-controlled study of integrated biomedical and psychosocial treatment on a population of recent-onset cases.

Comparison(s): 50 consecutive referrals with schizophrenic disorders of less than two years duration were allocated randomly to a comprehensive model of integrated treatment or standard care for two years. Main outcome measures was psychopathology, psychosocial functioning and hospital admissions.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• first-episode schizophrenia

Exclusion criteria

• acute psychosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)