NCT03246932Completed
Peer-led Psycho-education for Schizophrenia
The Effectiveness of a Peer-led Psycho-education Group in Schizophrenia: A Multi-site Randomised Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Profession-led psycho-education programs for people with schizophrenia are evidenced to improve patients' knowledge about the illness, mental state and relapse rate. Nevertheless, other benefits to patients, for example, their functioning and insight into illness or to be substantive in a longer term (\>12 months) are inconsistent and uncertain, especially in Asian populations. This single-blind multi-site randomized clinical trial was to test the effects of a peer-expert-led psycho-education group intervention (in addition to usual care) for adult patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders over a 24-month follow-up, in comparison to a profession-led psycho-education group or treatment-as-usual only.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 342 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Aug 2017
- Start date
- 1 Dec 2020
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT03246932
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 342
- From 1 Dec 2020 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2025
- 2 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- have recently received or are receiving any structured psychosocial intervention.
Other
- mentally unstable and unfit for study participation at recruitment;
- with co-morbidity of other severe mental health problems such as depression and substance misuse; and
Who the study is looking for
- patients, aged 18+, attending one psychiatric outpatient clinic under study;
- diagnosed as schizophrenia and its subtypes according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th Text-Revised Edition, as ascertained by the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-I);
- having onset of the illness for not \>5 years; and
- able to communicate in Cantonese language.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 64 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jilin Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jilin City | China | Unknown status |
| TM Psy Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tuenmen | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
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