NCT03434210

Brief Summary

This is a 49 weeks open-label randomized controlled study. Patients with schizophrenia and violence risk will be enrolled in the study. A community-based long-acting antipsychotics-treated management model will be applied to the experimental group, which means that professional psychiatrists will provide guidance to primary-level mental health workers on the psychotic treatment, and monthly-injected long-acting antipsychotic, paliperidone palmitate, will be used in the schizophrenia treatment. Subjects in control group will be treated and cared as usual.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
110

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable schizophrenia

Timeline
Completed

Started May 2018

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 2, 2018

Completed
13 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 15, 2018

Completed
3 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

May 5, 2018

Completed
2.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 1, 2020

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

October 1, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

August 2, 2019

Status Verified

August 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

2.3 years

First QC Date

February 2, 2018

Last Update Submit

August 1, 2019

Conditions

Keywords

schizophreniaviolence risklong-acting antipsychoticscommunity-based

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • Violence Risk Assessment For Psychiatric Patients

    The percentage of subjects rated as no or low risk (scored 0 or 1) in Violence Risk Assessment For Severe Psychiatric Patients during 49 weeks treatment

    49 Weeks

  • Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS)

    Score change of Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS ). MOAS is used to assess aggressive behavior of psychosis patients. Including Verbal aggressive, aggressive to property, aggressive to self, aggressive to others, and total score. Each domain with score 0 to 4, total weighted score 0 to 40

    49 Weeks

Secondary Outcomes (13)

  • Health economic evaluation

    49 Weeks

  • Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)

    49 Weeks

  • Hospitalization frequency

    49 Weeks

  • WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) of patients

    49 Weeks

  • WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) of caregiver

    49 Weeks

  • +8 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

LAT-treated Community Model

EXPERIMENTAL

The subjects in experimental group are on 'LAT-treated Community Model'. which means,beside care as usual, subjects will be treated by paliperidone palmitate, Psychiatrists will guide community mental health professinals about the treatment and management. Psychiatrists will give community mental health professinals and patients/ caregiver long acting injection related education information.

Other: LAT-treated Community Model

Care as usual

OTHER

The subjects in control group are on " cared as usual" Which means Patients will be managed follow the request of National Continuing Management and Intervention Program for Psychoses. Patients will managed by community mental health professionals, get education information and rehablitation guidence from them.

Other: care as usual

Interventions

The subjects in experimental group is on 'LAT-treated Community Model'. which means,beside care as usual, subjects will be treated by paliperidone palmitate, Psychiatrists will guide community mental health professinals about the treatment and management. Psychiatrists will give community mental health professinals and patients/ caregiver long acting injection related education information.

LAT-treated Community Model

Control group will get usual community care, the treatment is identified by doctors, patients and care-giver as usual.

Also known as: Control group
Care as usual

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 60 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Diagnosed as schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fifth Edition (DSM-V)
  • Had violent behavior such as smashing or breaking, threatening with a weapon, committing arson or explosion in the past one year, whether the behavior can be stopped by persuading or not;
  • Living with a guardian or a caregiver;
  • Informed consent from the patients or their guardians;
  • Resulted negative in urine pregnancy test if female at their reproductive age; female subjects must take effective measures to prevent pregnancy during the whole study or have been postmenopausal.-

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients who have had suicidal ideation or suicidal attempts within 12 months before screening or in screening period;
  • Intravenous drug abuse or Opioid dependence within 3 months before screening;
  • Patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia;
  • Large dose of Clozapine (≥200mg/day) or other long-acting injectable antipsychotics used within 3 months or within 2 drug half-life periods before screening;
  • Patients with any severe or unstable cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous system or other system diseases; clinically significant abnormality in laboratory examinations or ECG;
  • Communication difficulties caused by cognitive impairment or unable to complete the assessments in the study;
  • Patients assessed as unsuitable for the study in other reasons, such as allergic or intolerant to risperidone or paliperidone, resistant to risperidone or paliperidone (ineffective after adequate dosage and duration in medical history); unable to provide informed consent; historical treatments which might effect the results of the study; historical neuroleptic malignant syndrome or tardive dyskinesia.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Wuhan mental health center

Wuhan, Wuhan, 430000, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Schizophrenia

Interventions

Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic DisordersMental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research DesignEpidemiologic MethodsInvestigative TechniquesResearch DesignMethods

Study Officials

  • Yi Li, Doctor

    Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

BaoLiang Zhong, Doctor

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Masking Details
The outcomes assessor would not known the arm, and forbiden to ask and comminicate with patients about the intervention.
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Research clinician

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 2, 2018

First Posted

February 15, 2018

Study Start

May 5, 2018

Primary Completion

September 1, 2020

Study Completion

October 1, 2020

Last Updated

August 2, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

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