Can a pharmacist boost mental health care?
NCT ID NCT07597863
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding a clinical pharmacist to community mental health teams (called FACT teams) helps people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders feel better and manage their medications more effectively. About 160 adults will take part, and the study will measure changes in their quality of life and mental health symptoms. The goal is to see if this team-based approach improves care without changing the patient's daily routine.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age over 18 years old * Included in and receiving treatment from a participating FACT team * Diagnosed with severe mental illness and/or substance use disorder * Prescribed one or more psychotropic medication * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not being competent or have the decision-making capacity to consent * Planned discharge from the team within the first three months of period 1 * Patients not able to communicate in Norwegian or English
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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FACT
Innlandet, Norway
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