NCT06608706Recruiting
The Key to Integrated Trauma Treatment in Psychosis Trial
The Key to Integrated Trauma Treatment in Psychosis (Kit) Trial: A Pragmatic, Multicenter Effectiveness RCT of EMDR for Trauma Symptoms in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) have a significant trauma etiology: trauma has been reported in 65 - 80% in this patient group and have a negative impact on prognosis. Trauma treatment is currently not offered in SSDs due to a lack of evidence. KIT is a pragmatic trial comparing the effectiveness of added trauma focused therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to standard treatment in SSDs. The study will compare EMDR as add on to treatment as usual (TAU) to TAU in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs). The overall aim is to examine the effectiveness of EMDR on trauma symptoms in SSDs. Participants will receive max. 26 sessions of EMDR, and complete assessments before, during and after the course of therapy, in addition to a period of time (6 months) after therapy to examine long-term effects.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 187 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 6 Sept 2024
- Start date
- 1 Sept 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT06608706
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 187
- From 1 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 11 sites 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
- acute state of psychosis defined as:
- hospitalized in an acute ward the last 6 weeks or
- major change in antipsychotic medication type or started/stopped antipsychotic medication last 6 weeks or
- other mental health crises last 6 weeks
- current or previous (past 6 months) TF therapy
Other illness
- organic psychosis or a neurological disorder
Other
- primary diagnosis of substance use/alcohol dependence
- inability to understand spoken Norwegian
Who the study is looking for
- aged ≥ 16 years
- diagnosis of F20-29 in the ICD-10 assessed using SCID 5 CV
- reporting trauma \> 1 month prior to assessment
- being currently distressed by the reported trauma(s), i.e., ≥ 5 (from 0 = not at all, to 10 = extremely) on item 21c on the Trauma and Life Events Checklist (TALE)
- able and motivated for engaging in trauma focused (TF) therapy
- able to understand and give informed consent; consent capacity for psychological treatment choices and consent to study procedures.
Age in the registry: 16 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (11)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betanien DPS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bergen | Norway | Recruiting |
| Haukeland University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bergen | Norway | Recruiting |
| Solli DPS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bergen | Norway | Recruiting |
| Voss DPS Bjørkeli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bergen | Norway | Recruiting |
| Helse Fonna HF Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haugesund | Norway | Recruiting |
| Diakonhjemmet Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Recruiting |
| Oslo University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Recruiting |
| Helgeland Hospital HF Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sandnessjøen | Norway | Recruiting |
| Stavanger University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stavanger | Norway | Recruiting |
| UNN Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tromsø | Norway | Recruiting |
| St. Olav Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Trondheim | Norway | Recruiting |
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