The HELPER programme (Healthy Living and Prevention of Early Relapse): Phase 2: INTERACT

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Mental Health Research Network; Subtopic: Psychosis; Disease: Psychosis; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Psychosis

• Registration Number: ISRCTN22581937
• Lead Sponsor: ancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

2014 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24500028 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29699527

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-10-27
• Study Completion: 2012-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 4 March 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 16 - 35 years, either sex
2. Diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief reactive psychosis, or psychosis not otherwise specified, determined using a checklist of criteria and review of case notes.
3. First episode of psychosis occurred within 3 years preceding the trial
4. Current user of an early intervention service
5. Have stable accommodation (i.e. not street homeless or roofless)
6. Able to give informed consent
7. Have a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 25 kg/m2, or a BMI of greater than 24 kg/m2 for service users from the South Asian community

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of substance dependence or abuse as determined from a review of case notes. Sub-diagnostic levels of substance use or abuse will not exclude people from the trial.
2. Have a significant history of organic factors implicated in the aetiology of psychotic symptoms

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified