Developing Biomarker-Supported Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (SSD) Prevention
Developing Biomarker-Supported SSD Prevention
- Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD)
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Enrolment target
- 100
- Started
- 1 September 2026
- Main results due
- 1 April 2031
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 23 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 9 years to 19 years.
- Open to any sex.
- Healthy volunteers can take part.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Family history of SSD (defined as first-degree (e.g., a parent or a sibling), second-degree (e.g., an uncle or a grandparent), or other combinations of biological relatives in the family have or likely have a diagnosis of SSD or other closely related severe mental illnesses equivalent to at least 25% of genetic sharing) per medical record review and/or parent/legal guardian report and confirmed by a structured interview * screening positive for two or more risk factors targeted by the intervention * Participants and parent(s)/legal guardian(s) agree to participate * psychiatrically stable and have no major changes in antidepressant, stimulant, or antipsychotic medication in the past 4 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: * Current or past history of psychotic disorders or clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-p) per study interview * Current or past antipsychotic medication use to specifically treat a psychotic disorder * major medical and neurological conditions * moderate to severe intellectual disabilities or mild intellectual disabilities but expected to have difficulty completing the study assessments; * current drug or alcohol use that impacts functioning and study engagement; * Not able to give assent, permission, or consent. * Not able to undergo MRI.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of a brief family-based psychosocial intervention that addresses modifiable SSD risk factors on persistent and distressing psychotic-like experiences in children and young adults with a family history of SSD and high versus low baseline SSD-like brain patterns
Study sites(1)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07743645. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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