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NCT07592169Not yet recruitingPhase 2

Confirmatory Trial of Gamma Neurofeedback to Improve Working Memory in Schizophrenia

Confirmatory Efficacy Trial to Confirm the Effects of Gamma EEG-Neurofeedback on Working Memory in Schizophrenia

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study is a confirmatory, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial (RCT) testing whether gamma EEG neurofeedback (EEG-NFB) improves working memory in adults with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either active gamma EEG-NFB (real-time feedback of frontal gamma brain activity) or sham EEG-NFB (false pre-recorded feedback), twice weekly for 12 weeks. Working memory (N-back task), brain gamma coherence, and everyday community functioning are assessed at baseline, mid-treatment, end of treatment, and follow-up.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
104 (estimated)
First submitted
11 May 2026
Start date
1 Jun 2026
Primary completion date
30 Nov 2029
Lead sponsor
University of California, San Diego
NCT number
NCT07592169

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 104
  • From 1 Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2029
  • No sites listed in no 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

  • 1\. Self-reported history of seizure disorder 2. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 3. History of stroke or major vascular disease, including insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 4. HIV/AIDS diagnosis 5. Current (not past) major depressive episode 6. Substance use disorder other than nicotine use disorder or caffeine use disorder in the past year 7. Brain cancer (primary or metastatic) 8. Prior head injury involving loss of consciousness 9. Inability to read or speak English 10. Color blindness that interferes with administration of study assessments 11. Neuropsychological or cognitive testing in the past 6 months using the same measures as this study 12. Score on Letter-Number Sequencing greater than 1 standard deviation above the age-normed mean

Who the study is looking for

  • 1\. DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, confirmed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5) 2. Age 18-55 years 3. Clinically stable: no psychiatric hospitalization in the 3 months prior to enrollment 4. No change in antipsychotic medication type or dosage within 4 weeks prior to baseline assessment 5. Ascertained to be clinically and medically stable by a study investigator 6. Does not meet DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder or current major depressive episode 7. No electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within 6 months of baseline assessment 8. Able to read and speak English (corrected vision or hearing aids acceptable) 9. Able and willing to provide written informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to 55 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

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