Status:

RECRUITING

Effect of Virtual Reality-based Therapy on Negative Symptoms in People with Schizophrenia

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital de la Florida Dra. Eloiza Diaz

Conditions:

Schizophrenia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

A randomised, controlled, double-blind clinical trial will be carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of a VR assisted treatment for negative symptoms in people with schizophrenia. Patients with a s...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of schizophrenia made by the treating psychiatrist and corroborated by a team's psychiatrist under CIE-10 criteria.
  • Age between 18 to 65 years-old.
  • Outpatient setting,
  • Clinical stability defined as no psychiatric hospitalizations in the last 6 months and not currently on queue for psychiatric hospitalization.
  • No concomitant active substance abuse disorder, excluding nicotine.
  • Subjects are capable of providing informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Previous diagnosis of learning disability according either to ICD- 10 or clinical history
  • Verbal expression difficulties, determined by language or medical causes.
  • Deafness and/or blindness.
  • Other physical handicaps to use VR devices.
  • Predominant positive symptoms, defined as PANNS-C \> 0.
  • Catatonic symptoms.
  • Previous epilepsy diagnosis.
  • Neurodegenerative disease.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 2 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

102 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06588270

Start Date

May 2 2022

End Date

September 1 2025

Last Update

September 19 2024

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Hospital Clínico La Florida

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile