Tailored thinking training may ease psychosis symptoms
NCT ID NCT07146802
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study compares standard metacognitive training (MCT) with a personalized version (P-MCT) for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. The goal is to see which approach better improves daily functioning and reduces symptoms. Fifty-one adults with stable psychosis will take part, and the therapy will be tailored using machine learning.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Metacognitive Training (MCT) and personalized Metacognitive Training (P-MCT)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that tailoring psychological therapy to each person's thinking patterns helps them function better in daily life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (51 people) that hasn't started yet. It tests a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so results may be modest and not apply to 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 51 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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Apr 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 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults, 18 - 65 years of age. * Patient affiliated to health insurance * Inpatients and outpatients with DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder. * Presence of positive symptoms at inclusion (PANSS delusions, suspiciousness or grandiosity ≥3). * Stable condition with no expected changes in medication or symptoms during the last 3 months (information from clinical services, note that stable condition includes lack of suicidality). * Patient providing informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Having received MCT in the previous year. * Neurological disorder, or severe medical condition other than psychosis * A score above 5 in the "Hostility" and the "Suspiciousness" items of the PANSS Positive subscale (to preserve group dynamics). * Patient considered by his psychiatrist to be at serious risk of harm to self or others (e.g. previous aggressive or suicidal behaviors) * Patient in an exclusion period defined by another research protocol * Patient involved in another Investigational Medicinal Product trial * Patient under guardianship (i.e. French "tutelle") * Patients deprived of freedom because of a judicial measure.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service de psychiatrie
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67000, France
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