Can video games boost brain power in schizophrenia? new trial aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07557368
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a smartphone app that uses motion-sensing cognitive games and interactive stories to help people with schizophrenia improve their thinking, mood, and daily skills. 84 hospitalized adults will be randomly assigned to use the app or receive standard care. The goal is to see if gamified rehab is more engaging and effective than traditional methods.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Gamified digital rehabilitation app with cognitive games and interactive narratives
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more engaging and effective way to improve thinking, daily living skills, and medication adherence for people with schizophrenia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with 84 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The app is an add-on to standard care, and its benefits over usual treatment are uncertain.
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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 84 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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 to 45 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Registered in the Shanghai Mental Health Information Management System and hospitalized in the designated district-level mental health center wards; 2. Schizophrenia patients meeting the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10); 3. 18 - 45 years old; 4. Good self-care ability; 5. Clinically stable (without acute exacerbation) for at least 1 week before enrollment, with a stable dose of antipsychotic drugs or other concomitant psychotropic drugs for at least 1 week; 6. No hand disabilities, and can use mobile phones or tablets normally; 7. Have a primary school education or above; 8. Normal vision and hearing, or within the normal range after correction; 9. Own and be able to independently use a smart phone or other electronic devices; 10. Patients and their families have given informed consent to this study, and voluntarily cooperate to participate in the intervention and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. not reside in Shanghai after discharge; 2. suffering from serious physical or brain organic diseases; 3. comorbid with other psychotic disorders.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Mental Health Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, China
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