Can a smartphone app boost mood in schizophrenia? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT06909422
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study will test a mobile app designed to help people with schizophrenia or those at high risk for psychosis recognize and change biased thinking patterns. One hundred participants will use the app and report on their mood and negative symptoms. The goal is to see if this simple, phone-based tool can improve daily well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile app for biased thinking
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, accessible way to improve mood and reduce negative symptoms for people with schizophrenia or psychosis risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no control group yet. The app may not work for everyone, and results are based on self-reported mood scales.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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 65 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: * Diagnosis of schizophrenia or related psychotic disorder OR * Identified as being at clinical high risk for psychosis in symptom interviews Exclusion Criteria: * Recent changes in mental health treatment in past month or two months if on depot
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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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35223-1517, United States
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