California launches massive data drive to transform early psychosis treatment
NCT ID NCT04007510
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study aims to create a network of clinics across California that use a mobile app to collect data from people with early psychosis and their families. The data will help doctors track symptoms and make better treatment decisions. Researchers will also develop a tool to measure how long psychosis goes untreated, which may improve early intervention. Over 1,300 participants will be followed for up to two years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mHealth app and DUP assessment tool
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could create a model for using real-world data to improve treatment planning and outcomes for people with early psychosis.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational, data-gathering study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly improve symptoms, and the tools developed may not work well in all community clinics.
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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 1,329 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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8 to 40 years
- 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: 1. FEP individuals, ages 12-30, who have experienced the onset of an affective (bipolar or major depression with psychotic features) or non-affective psychotic disorder (schizophrenia, schizoaffective, schizophreniform, brief psychotic, other specified or unspecified schizophrenia spectrum disorders) within the past 5 years and are receiving early psychosis services at one of the study sites. 2. Family members/support persons, over age 18, of the participating FEP (or CHR) individuals are receiving early psychosis services at one of the study sites 3. Early psychosis (EP) care providers (e.g. clinicians, physicians, nurses, support staff) who are providing care at one of the study sites. 4. Additional stakeholders from the communities served by the study sites, including EP program and county administrators, state representatives, and local community groups as well as researchers and other experts in relevant domains. 5. Clinical high risk (CHR) individuals, ages 12-30, who have no history of psychosis and will demonstrate attenuated psychotic symptoms consistent with the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS), or genetic risk (first-degree relative with psychosis) in conjunction with a substantial drop in functioning over the past year. Exclusion Criteria: * neurological illness or injury leading to psychotic symptoms * reported diagnosis of intellectual disability or estimated IQ below 70 according to the Pennsylvania Computerized Neuropsychological Test Battery.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Imaging Research Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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