NCT07555275Not yet recruiting
Testing a Peer-Support Group for Veterans Who Hear Voices
A Multisited Efficacy Trial of Veteran Voices and Visions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Veterans with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who experience psychosis struggle with social integration- e.g., participation in work, housing, and citizenship-due to symptoms, stigma, and psychosocial functioning deficits. Veteran Voices and Visions (VVV) is a psychosocial, peer-led group intervention for Veterans with psychosis based that reduces distress related to psychosis and fosters a sense of belonging for Veterans living with psychosis. VVV destigmatizes psychosis; reframes symptoms; and introduces personalized, meaningful coping strategies enabling social interaction. The investigators will assess VVV's efficacy in a trial comparing recipients of VVV to another peer-led group, Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP), on outcomes of distress from psychosis, sense of belonging, and social functioning while identifying contextual factors regarding implementation at two sites. The investigators hypothesize that proximal reduction in distress and increased sense of belonging results in improvements in social functioning.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 160 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Apr 2026
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2027
- Primary completion date
- 29 Mar 2030
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- NCT number
- NCT07555275
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 160
- From 1 Apr 2027 to the primary completion date, 29 Mar 2030
- 2 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
- Has previously attended a VVV group
Other illness
- Clinically significant seizure disorder, traumatic brain injury, dementia, developmental disorder/intellectual disability
- Inability to provide informed consent for any reason, including due to acute psychosis, mania, or dementia, or active guardianship or durable power of attorney
Other
- Psychosis exclusively due to substance use
- Plan to transfer or terminate care in the next 3 months
Who the study is looking for
- Has been experiencing auditory hallucinations at least weekly within the past 6 months that are not exclusively due to substance use
- English fluency sufficient for participating in groups
- Able to provide consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
| VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | West Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
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