First Episode Psychosis Clinical Trial
Official title:
Optimizing Engagement in Services for First-Episode Psychosis (FEP) in the Community Mental Health Setting
This study will compare a 12-session behavioral activation (BA) intervention modified for first-episode psychosis (FEP) to usual community mental health care (i.e., treatment-as-usual; TAU) delivered over 6 months with a sample of Latinos with FEP and their families. Comparable family group sessions will also be delivered to participants in both conditions. It is expected that BA participants will show better engagement than TAU participants.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 58 |
Est. completion date | February 28, 2026 |
Est. primary completion date | August 31, 2025 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 15 Years to 35 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Self-identification as Latino - Age 15 to 35 - Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder, other specified schizophrenia spectrum, affective psychosis, and other psychotic disorder criteria - Ability to speak English or Spanish - Caregiver willing to consent to participate in the study and care - Ability to provide fully informed consent Exclusion Criteria: - Diagnosis of psychotic disorder due to another medical condition or substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder - Presence of a serious medical condition - 3= years after the onset |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | San Fernando Mental Health Center | Granada Hills | California |
United States | Olive View - UCLA Medical Center | Sylmar | California |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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California State University, San Bernardino | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Olive View-UCLA Education & Research Institute, University of Southern California |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Change in Activation as measured by the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form (BADS-SF) at Post-Intervention | The 9-item self-report BADS-SF tracks when and how changes in activation occur (7-point scale; not at all to completely). It has shown good internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and predictive validity. BADS-SF is the primary measure of activation. | Change from Pre-intervention BADS-SF at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Other | Change in Activation as measured by the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form (BADS-SF) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | The 9-item self-report BADS-SF tracks when and how changes in activation occur (7-point scale; not at all to completely). It has shown good internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and predictive validity. BADS-SF is the primary measure of activation. | Change from Pre-intervention BADS-SF at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Other | Change in Activation as measured by the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form (BADS-SF) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | The 9-item self-report BADS-SF tracks when and how changes in activation occur (7-point scale; not at all to completely). It has shown good internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and predictive validity. BADS-SF is the primary measure of activation. | Change from Pre-intervention BADS-SF at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Other | Activation as measured by the Behavioral Activation Homework Completion Observer-Based Coding System (BA HC) | BA HC permits reliable coding of the characterization and completion of BA homework, including type of assignment, realm of functioning it targets, and the extent of homework completion. It will be used as a secondary measure of activation for BA. | Weekly per session up to 12 sessions, up to 6 months | |
Other | Change in Environmental Reward as measured by the Reward Probability Index (RPI) at Post-Intervention | RPI is a 20-item self-report measure of contact with environmental reward, which is theorized to maintain healthy behavior per behavioral models of psychopathology, with good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and discriminant, predictive, and convergent validity. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of reinforcement. | Change from Pre-intervention RPI at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Other | Change in Environmental Reward as measured by the Reward Probability Index (RPI) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | RPI is a 20-item self-report measure of contact with environmental reward, which is theorized to maintain healthy behavior per behavioral models of psychopathology, with good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and discriminant, predictive, and convergent validity. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of reinforcement. | Change from Pre-intervention RPI at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Other | Change in Environmental Reward as measured by the Reward Probability Index (RPI) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | RPI is a 20-item self-report measure of contact with environmental reward, which is theorized to maintain healthy behavior per behavioral models of psychopathology, with good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and discriminant, predictive, and convergent validity. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of reinforcement. | Change from Pre-intervention RPI at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Other | Change in medication adherence as measured by the Brief Adherence Rating Scale (BARS) at Post-Intervention | The 4-item BARS is a brief, clinician-administered instrument to assess oral antipsychotic medication adherence and has good sensitivity (73%) and specificity (74%) in identifying non-adherent outpatients (defined as <70% mean electronic monitoring adherence). | Change from Pre-intervention BARS at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Other | Change in medication adherence as measured by the Brief Adherence Rating Scale (BARS) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | The 4-item BARS is a brief, clinician-administered instrument to assess oral antipsychotic medication adherence and has good sensitivity (73%) and specificity (74%) in identifying non-adherent outpatients (defined as <70% mean electronic monitoring adherence). | Change from Pre-intervention BARS at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Other | Change in medication adherence as measured by the Brief Adherence Rating Scale (BARS) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | The 4-item BARS is a brief, clinician-administered instrument to assess oral antipsychotic medication adherence and has good sensitivity (73%) and specificity (74%) in identifying non-adherent outpatients (defined as <70% mean electronic monitoring adherence). | Change from Pre-intervention BARS at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Other | Alliance as measured by the Working Alliance Inventory - Short Form (WAI-SF) | The 12-item WAI-SF measures agreement on goals and tasks of therapy and the bond between the therapist and the client and has demonstrated good reliability and convergent validity. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating a better therapeutic alliance. The WAI-SF will be used to assess the patient-provider alliance. | Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Other | Person-centered care as measured by the Combined Assessment of Psychiatric Environments (CAPE) | CAPE assesses patient perspective patient-centered care and shows internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct and criterion validity. | Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Other | Family involvement | Family involvement, or whether a family member was present at a service encounter, will be assessed by an independent observer based on review of service. This method has been used in prior early intervention studies. | Weekly per session up to 12 sessions, up to 6 months | |
Primary | Change in Engagement on the Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) at Post-Intervention | PAM13 is a 13-item self-report short form of a patient's engagement in the care process at four stages. PAM13 shows high reliability that is stable across chronic illnesses and high construct validity, and measures change over time. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale (totally disagree to totally agree) with higher scores reflecting higher activation; respondent may select 'not applicable.' | Change from Pre-intervention PAM13 at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Primary | Change in Engagement on the Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | PAM13 is a 13-item self-report short form of a patient's engagement in the care process at four stages. PAM13 shows high reliability that is stable across chronic illnesses and high construct validity, and measures change over time. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale (totally disagree to totally agree) with higher scores reflecting higher activation; respondent may select 'not applicable.' | Change from Pre-intervention PAM13 at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Primary | Change in Engagement on the Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | PAM13 is a 13-item self-report short form of a patient's engagement in the care process at four stages. PAM13 shows high reliability that is stable across chronic illnesses and high construct validity, and measures change over time. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale (totally disagree to totally agree) with higher scores reflecting higher activation; respondent may select 'not applicable.' | Change from Pre-intervention PAM13 at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Primary | Engagement as measured by the Service Engagement Scale (SES) | The 14-item provider rated SES has demonstrated good reliability and validity and reflects client availability, collaboration, help-seeking, and adherence. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale with higher scores reflecting clients' greater levels of difficulty engaging with services. The SES is a secondary measure of service engagement. | Weekly per session up to 12 sessions, up to 6 months | |
Secondary | Change in Quality of Life on the Heinrichs-Carpenter Quality of Life Scale (QLS) at Post-Intervention | The QLS is a 21-item, clinician-administered, semi-structured interview on a 7-point scale with higher scores reflecting normal or unimpaired functioning. It has shown high sensitivity to change and treatment effect. The total score is the main secondary outcome of interest. | Change from Pre-intervention QLS at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Secondary | Change in Quality of Life on the Heinrichs-Carpenter Quality of Life Scale (QLS) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | The QLS is a 21-item, clinician-administered, semi-structured interview on a 7-point scale with higher scores reflecting normal or unimpaired functioning. It has shown high sensitivity to change and treatment effect. The total score is the main secondary outcome of interest. | Change from Pre-intervention QLS at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Quality of Life on the Heinrichs-Carpenter Quality of Life Scale (QLS) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | The QLS is a 21-item, clinician-administered, semi-structured interview on a 7-point scale with higher scores reflecting normal or unimpaired functioning. It has shown high sensitivity to change and treatment effect. The total score is the main secondary outcome of interest. | Change from Pre-intervention QLS at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Quality of Life on the Modified Lehman Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI-M) at Post-Intervention | The QOLI-M has well established psychometric properties with individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and will be used to derive overall subjective quality of life and objective and subjective quality of social and family interaction ratings. The QOLI-M, not the QLS, assesses general quality of life which focuses on areas beyond those affected by psychotic illness. | Change from Pre-intervention QOLI-M at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Secondary | Change in Quality of Life on the Modified Lehman Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI-M) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | The QOLI-M has well established psychometric properties with individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and will be used to derive overall subjective quality of life and objective and subjective quality of social and family interaction ratings. The QOLI-M, not the QLS, assesses general quality of life which focuses on areas beyond those affected by psychotic illness. | Change from Pre-intervention QOLI-M at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Quality of Life on the Modified Lehman Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI-M) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | The QOLI-M has well established psychometric properties with individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and will be used to derive overall subjective quality of life and objective and subjective quality of social and family interaction ratings. The QOLI-M, not the QLS, assesses general quality of life which focuses on areas beyond those affected by psychotic illness. | Change from Pre-intervention QOLI-M at at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Symptoms on the Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) at Post-Intervention | This 30-item widely-used clinician-administered instrument measures psychosis symptom severity and remission. Scores 4 = on delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, mannerisms & posturing, and unusual thought content will be considered in remission. | Change from Pre-intervention PANSS at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Secondary | Change in Symptoms on the Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | This 30-item widely-used clinician-administered instrument measures psychosis symptom severity and remission. Scores 4 = on delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, mannerisms & posturing, and unusual thought content will be considered in remission. | Change from Pre-intervention PANSS at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Symptoms on the Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | This 30-item widely-used clinician-administered instrument measures psychosis symptom severity and remission. Scores 4 = on delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, mannerisms & posturing, and unusual thought content will be considered in remission. | Change from Pre-intervention PANSS at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Functioning on the Strauss-Carpenter level of Function Scale (Strauss-Carpenter) at Post-Intervention | The Strauss-Carpenter is a semi-structured interviewer-administered scale that assesses functioning in social contacts, work, symptomatology, and function. Items are rated on a five-point scale (0-4) with higher scores reflecting better functioning. | Change from Pre-intervention Strauss-Carpenter at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Secondary | Change in Functioning on the Strauss-Carpenter level of Function Scale (Strauss-Carpenter) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | The Strauss-Carpenter is a semi-structured interviewer-administered scale that assesses functioning in social contacts, work, symptomatology, and function. Items are rated on a five-point scale (0-4) with higher scores reflecting better functioning. | Change from Pre-intervention Strauss-Carpenter at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Functioning on the Strauss-Carpenter level of Function Scale (Strauss-Carpenter) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | The Strauss-Carpenter is a semi-structured interviewer-administered scale that assesses functioning in social contacts, work, symptomatology, and function. Items are rated on a five-point scale (0-4) with higher scores reflecting better functioning. | Change from Pre-intervention Strauss-Carpenter at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Depression on the Calgary Depression Scale (CDS) at Post-Intervention | The CDS is an interview-based 9-item scale that measures depression severity in people with schizophrenia and is valid and reliable. Items are rated on a four-point scale with higher scores reflecting greater severity of symptoms. | Change from Pre-intervention CDS at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Secondary | Change in Depression on the Calgary Depression Scale (CDS) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | The CDS is an interview-based 9-item scale that measures depression severity in people with schizophrenia and is valid and reliable. Items are rated on a four-point scale with higher scores reflecting greater severity of symptoms. | Change from Pre-intervention CDS at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Depression on the Calgary Depression Scale (CDS) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | The CDS is an interview-based 9-item scale that measures depression severity in people with schizophrenia and is valid and reliable. Items are rated on a four-point scale with higher scores reflecting greater severity of symptoms. | Change from Pre-intervention CDS at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Recovery as measured by the Maryland Assessment of Recovery in People with SMI (MARS) at Post-Intervention | The 25-item patient-report MARS measures recovery and has excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability and good face and content validity. Items are rated on a five-point scale with higher scores reflecting greater self-reported recovery. | Change from Pre-intervention MARS at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Secondary | Change in Recovery as measured by the Maryland Assessment of Recovery in People with SMI (MARS) at 1-Month Post-Intervention | The 25-item patient-report MARS measures recovery and has excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability and good face and content validity. Items are rated on a five-point scale with higher scores reflecting greater self-reported recovery. | Change from Pre-intervention MARS at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Secondary | Change in Recovery as measured by the Maryland Assessment of Recovery in People with SMI (MARS) at 6-Months Post-Intervention | The 25-item patient-report MARS measures recovery and has excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability and good face and content validity. Items are rated on a five-point scale with higher scores reflecting greater self-reported recovery. | Change from Pre-intervention MARS at 6-months-post-intervention | |
Secondary | PANSS-based Remission Rates at Post-Intervention | Scores 4 = on delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, mannerisms & posturing, and unusual thought content will be considered in remission. | Remission at Post-intervention (after 12th session or 6-months after start of intervention, whichever comes first) | |
Secondary | PANSS-based Remission Rates at 1-Month Post-Intervention | Scores 4 = on delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, mannerisms & posturing, and unusual thought content will be considered in remission. | Remission at 1-month-post-intervention | |
Secondary | PANSS-based Remission Rates at 6-Months Post-Intervention | Scores 4 = on delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, mannerisms & posturing, and unusual thought content will be considered in remission. | Remission at 6-months-post-intervention |
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