NCT03571685

Sustainable Early Episode Clinic Study (SEEC)

A Prospective, Open Label, Quasi-Experimental Study of Adult Patients With Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder Within Five Years of Diagnosis Who Will Receive SEEC Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to describe relapse rates among participants receiving services in the SEEC program high intensity resource use. For purposes of this study, relapse will be defined as: Psychiatric hospitalization; Psychiatric emergency department visits; Ambulatory acute services (Partial Hospitalization Program, Intensive Outpatient Program, Crisis House stay).

Detailed description

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that is one of the leading causes of long-term disability in the world. Recognizing the need for improved early treatment for participants diagnosed with Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder, a model was created for a "sustainable early episode clinic, SEEC." The goal of the SEEC model is to provide early intense intervention in 3 phases, with an ongoing maintenance phase, enabled by technology, resulting in improved participant outcomes and reduced long-term economic and social burden of schizophrenia. This study will last for up to a 36-month period.

Conditions

• Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Sustainable Early Episode Clinic Model of Care	The first 8 weeks is the education phase. Participants attend classes every week for up to 6 hours. From 9 weeks to 10 months participants attend classes for 5 hours every other week. Based on individual progress. Participants can move to the maintenance phase. This phase provides minimal intervention but ongoing support/evaluation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-31
• Primary completion: 2019-12-20
• Completion: 2019-12-20
• First posted: 2018-06-27
• Last updated: 2025-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States