Peer support program aims to boost recovery in early psychosis
NCT ID NCT06487195
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a peer-facilitated program (Peer-RESIM) for adults who have had a first episode of psychosis. The program includes 10 sessions over 4 months, led by trained peer support workers, to help participants improve self-care and recovery. Researchers will compare this to standard education and usual care, following 198 participants for 18 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Peer-facilitated, Recovery-based Self-illness-management programme (Peer-RESIM)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a practical, peer-supported way to help people with first-episode psychosis manage their condition and improve daily functioning.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (198 participants) testing a behavioral intervention, so results may not apply broadly. The program requires active participation and may not work 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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198 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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 60 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: * Hong Kong Chinese residents, aged 18-60; * clinically and primarily diagnosed with a first-episode psychosis according to the DSM-V criteria (American Psychiatric Association 2013), and within 3 years onset of illness; * able to understand Cantonese/Mandarin; and * having Global Assessment of Functioning scores ≥51, indicating mild-to-moderate symptoms and challenges in maintaining work/school/family roles, but mentally stable and comprehendible to the training and education offered Exclusion Criteria: * recently received/are currently receiving another psychosocial or psychoeducation intervention; * having a comorbidity of learning/cognitive/personality disorder, and/or clinically significant medical disease; or * having a visual/language/communication difficulty/disorder.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Integrated Community Centers for Mental Wellness
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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