Cognitive Training for Patients With Schizophrenia

University of California, San Diego1 site in 1 country69 target enrollmentSeptember 2003

ConditionsSchizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder Other Primary Psychotic Disorders

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Schizophrenia
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Enrollment: 69
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: UCSD Performance-based Skills Assessment Total Score (Measures Functional Capacity)
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

This research on cognitive training addresses the following questions:

Does cognitive training lead to improved cognition, functional abilities, psychiatric symptoms, treatment adherence, or quality of life in patients with psychoses?
What are the neurocognitive and non-cognitive factors that predict good outcomes following cognitive rehabilitation? In addition to verbal learning and memory, immediate verbal memory, vigilance, and executive functioning, the cognitive training intervention attempted to improve prospective memory ability (i.e., the ability to remember to do things in the future, such as take medications or attend a doctor's appointment).

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 2003

End Date

August 2009

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of California, San Diego

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Twamley

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of California, San Diego

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Primary psychotic disorder (including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychotic mood disorder, or psychosis NOS)
•Age 18 or older
•Fluency in English

Exclusion Criteria

•Neurological conditions affecting cognition
•Mental retardation
•Substance use disorder within the past month
•Participation in other intervention trials

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

UCSD Performance-based Skills Assessment Total Score (Measures Functional Capacity)

Time Frame: 3 months

Performance-based measure of functional capacity in five domains: Communication, Finance, Recreation Planning, Transportation, and Household Chores Scale ranges from 0-100. Subscales are summed to yield the total score. Higher scores represent better performance.