NCT06487195Active, not recruiting
Effects of a Peer-facilitated, Recovery-focused Self-illness Management Program for First-episode Psychosis
Effectiveness of a Peer-facilitated, Recovery-focused Self-illness Management Program (Peer-RESIM) for First-episode Psychosis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Psychosis is a major disabling and disruptive mental illness characterized by a wide variety of disturbances in cognition and emotions, resulting in poor psychosocial functioning and frequent relapses. Despite convincing evidence of short-term symptom control and functional recovery, there has been a limited amount of data generated over the past two decades on the long-term outcomes of early interventions for psychotic patients (especially, first-episode psychosis, FEP). We propose a controlled trial with an adequate study power to examine the longer-term effects (18 months) of a Peer-facilitated, Recovery-focused Self-Illness-Management program (Peer-RESIM) for adults with FEP. Specifically, the proposed study will assess the effects of better-prepared PSWs, and a culturally adapted intervention protocol designed by our multidisciplinary research team, on improving patients' self-care and recovery.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 198 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 1 Feb 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT06487195
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 198
- From 1 Feb 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 May 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
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Prior treatment
- recently received/are currently receiving another psychosocial or psychoeducation intervention;
Other illness
- having a comorbidity of learning/cognitive/personality disorder, and/or clinically significant medical disease; or
- having a visual/language/communication difficulty/disorder.
Who the study is looking for
- Hong Kong Chinese residents, aged 18-60;
- clinically and primarily diagnosed with a first-episode psychosis according to the DSM-V criteria (American Psychiatric Association 2013), and within 3 years onset of illness;
- able to understand Cantonese/Mandarin; and
- having Global Assessment of Functioning scores ≥51, indicating mild-to-moderate symptoms and challenges in maintaining work/school/family roles, but mentally stable and comprehendible to the training and education offered
Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Community Centers for Mental Wellness Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
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