NCT00184509

Continued Early Intervention for Recent-onset Schizophrenia

Continued Early Intervention for Recent-onset Schizophrenia. A Randomized Controlled Study.

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (planned)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Schizophrenia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	integrated psychosocial treatment (behavior)

Timeline

• Start date: 1993-02-01
• Completion: 1998-05-01
• First posted: 2005-09-16
• Last updated: 2017-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway