NCT06653829

NST-SPARK: Preliminary Study of an Augmented Reality (AR) App Delivering Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: North Shore Therapeutics, Inc. · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the feasibility and acceptability of a prototype for NST-SPARK (version 1.5). This is an augmented reality (AR) mobile phone application that uses Recovery-oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) to target negative symptoms of schizophrenia. NST-SPARK uses a game AR activity to recapitulate the beginning activation and engagement phase of each CT-R session as per standardized practices for this therapeutic modality.

Detailed description

The specific beliefs targeted during each module are queried before engaging in the AR activity to obtain participant buy in. A self-assessment is taken before and then subsequent prompts challenge these beliefs over the course of the activity. After completion of the AR activity the self-assessment is performed again and the results are compared against the pre-activity responses. The responses received pre- and then post- activity determine the responses SPARK provides to the participant. Example: Question: How ambitious or motivated do you feel now? If the post activity response shows a higher level of motivation compared to the pre-activity assessment the participant will receive the following: So you felt more motivated and more energized! And you did more work not less! Like the more you do the better you feel. The prototype NST-SPARK v.1.5 has 2 modules: 1) SPARK ENERGY and 2) SPARK MOTIVATION, and is an abbreviated experience following the general framework for NST-SPARK.

Conditions

• Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	SPARK	A gamified augmented reality activity to recapitulate the beginning activation and engagement phase of each recovery-oriented cognitive therapy (CT-R) session

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-06
• Primary completion: 2024-08-31
• Completion: 2024-08-31
• First posted: 2024-10-22
• Last updated: 2024-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study