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NCT03442101Active, not recruiting

Trajectories of Treatment Response as Window Into the Heterogeneity of Psychosis: a Longitudinal Multimodal Imaging Study

Trajectories of Treatment Response as Window Into the Heterogeneity of Psychosis: a Longitudinal Multimodal Imaging Study in Medication-naïve First Episode Psychosis Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Psychosis is a heterogeneous disorder and present treatment only works for a limited number of patients. In order to identify new therapeutic targets, this study will longitudinally characterize the underlying pathologies in those with poor treatment response using complimentary brain imaging modalities.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
156 (actual)
First submitted
9 Feb 2018
Start date
1 Apr 2018
Primary completion date
30 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NCT number
NCT03442101

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 156
  • From 1 Apr 2018 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Treatment with drugs known to affect brain glutamate levels

Other illness

  • Poorly controlled acute or chronic medical and neurological conditions
  • History of head trauma with loss of consciousness for \>2 minutes

Other

  • Inability to sign informed consent assessed by the Evaluation to sign - - Consent form
  • Clinically significant depression, hypomania, or mania
  • Active substance abuse or dependence (except for nicotine)
  • Suspected substance-induced psychosis
  • Pregnant females

Who the study is looking for

  • A diagnosis of first episode psychosis
  • Never been treated with an antipsychotic medication
  • Between the age of 17 and 35

Age in the registry: 17 years to 35 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Sparks Center
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BirminghamUnited StatesUnknown status

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