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New study aims to keep mentally ill patients out of the hospital

NCT ID NCT07339462

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of KwaZulu Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a support program for people with severe mental illness after they leave the hospital in South Africa. The program includes better referral pathways and psychosocial support for patients and their caregivers. Researchers will see if it reduces the number of people who need to be readmitted within four months. The study involves 86 adults recently hospitalized for conditions like schizophrenia or severe mood disorders.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Multilevel psychosocial support program
What this could lead to
If successful, this could point toward a practical way to reduce hospital readmissions for people with severe mental illness in low-resource settings.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early feasibility study with only 86 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is complex and may be hard to implement consistently.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 86 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2025

Expected to finish

Aug 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Service user inclusion criteria: * Adults (aged 18 years and above); * Being admitted to the psychiatric ward of a hospital for observation and treatment due to an acute psychiatric event, based on ICD diagnosis on patient charts according to the following criteria: * F20-29 including schizophrenia, delusional disorders, schizotypal disorders, acute polymorph psychotic disorders, schizoaffective disorders * F30-39 Mood \[affective\] disorders with psychoses * F30.2 Mania with psychotic symptoms * F31.2 Bipolar affective disorder, current episode manic with psychotic symptoms * F31.5 Bipolar affective disorder, current episode severe depression with psychotic symptoms * F32.3 Severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms * F33.3 Recurrent depressive disorder, current episode severe with psychotic symptoms * Determined by the attending psychiatrist to be discharged into community settings following appropriate recovery from the psychiatric event; * Willing and able to participate in the intervention programme * Resides with a caregiver (which could be a family member or member of the household). * Resides within the geographic boundaries of uMgungundlovu Service user exclusion criteria: * Under 18 years of age * Are indicated by their chart history to have the following conditions: * Active suicidal ideation * Substance abuse or dependence as primary diagnosed psychiatric condition * Personality disorders * Serious cognitive or other sensorial impairment likely to preclude informed consent and reliable assessment * Does not reside with a caregiver * Does not reside within the geographic boundaries of uMgungundlovu Caregiver inclusion criteria * Adults (aged 18 years and above) * Willing and able to participate in the intervention programme * Resides with a caregiver (which could be a family member or member of the household). * Resides within the geographic boundaries of uMgungundlovu Caregiver exclusion criteria * Adults (aged 18 years and above) * Willing and able to participate in the intervention programme * Resides with a caregiver (which could be a family member or member of the household). * Resides within the geographic boundaries of uMgungundlovu

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

psychiatric disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Mental disorders, severe

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Msunduzi Local Municipality

    RECRUITING

    Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, 3201, South Africa

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