Can mindfulness stop psychosis before it starts?
NCT ID NCT06870305
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 5-session group mindfulness program can reduce distress and prevent psychosis in 270 young people (ages 18-30) at ultra-high risk. Participants will either receive the mindfulness training plus usual care, or usual care alone. The goal is to see if mindfulness helps ease symptoms and lowers the risk of a first psychotic episode.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Mindfulness-based training for psychosis (MBTP) - a group therapy program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-drug way to reduce distress and lower the chance of developing psychosis in young people at high risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no results yet. The mindfulness program is short (5 sessions over 1 month), and its long-term effects are unknown. It may not prevent psychosis for everyone.
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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 270 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2029
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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 30 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: * People aged between 18 and 30 validating the criteria for UHR or PEP status on the CAARMS scale and having a social functional impact (SOFAS score below 50 or a reduction of more than 30% in the score) Exclusion Criteria: * Previous episode of schizophrenic disorder, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder * Previous antipsychotic treatment for more than 12 months * Organic mental disorder or intellectual disability * Serious suicidal/homicidal risk (but admissible if this risk has been resolved) * Insufficient French language skills * Adult incapable of giving consent and not under legal protection * Protection measure (guardianship/curatorship/court supervision) or under court supervision * Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision (including forced hospitalisation) * Persons in a life-threatening emergency * Not affiliated to a social security regime
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Brest
Brest, 29200, France
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Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
Laxou, 54520, France
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