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Optimizing CBSST With Executive Function Training for Schizophrenia (R33)

Optimizing Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training With Executive Function Training for Older Adults With Schizophrenia

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This randomized controlled clinical trial will test a blended intervention that combines Executive Function Training with Cognitive-Behavioral Skills Training (E-CBSST). E-CBSST will be delivered to adults with late-life schizophrenia to determine if it increases Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training skills learning more than a supportive contact control condition and leads to improved functioning.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
106 (estimated)
First submitted
11 Jun 2026
Start date
1 Oct 2026
Primary completion date
Jun 2029
Lead sponsor
University of California, San Diego
NCT number
NCT07658391

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 106
  • From 1 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, Jun 2029
  • 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

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

Prior treatment

  • Meets diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder, current major depressive episode, or substance abuse or dependence within the six months prior to the baseline assessment except for caffeine or nicotine;
  • Received electroconvulsive therapy within six months of the baseline assessment.

Other illness

  • Meets criteria for a cognitive disorder or for a neurological or other medical disorder affecting the ability to participate in Executive Function Training or CBSST;

Who the study is looking for

  • Voluntary informed consent to participate;
  • Age 60 years or older;
  • DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder based on the SCID;
  • Be clinically stable as operationalized by (1) not having been admitted to a psychiatric hospital within the three months prior to assessment, (2) having had no change in antipsychotic medication dosage within four weeks prior to the baseline assessment, and (3) and ascertained to be clinically and medically stable by one the study investigators;
  • Be willing and able to speak English;
  • Be able to read and converse (with corrected vision or hearing if needed).

Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California San Diego
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
San DiegoUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.