Evaluation of the Impact of Case Manager Intervention on the 3-year Psychotic Episode Recurrence Rate in Patients Aged 16 to 30 Years With a First Psychotic Episode.

NCT ID: NCT05116514

Last Updated: 2025-12-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

256 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-27

Study Completion Date

2028-11-30

Brief Summary

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The study investigators hypothesize that the intervention of case managers specifically trained in case management of early psychosis will change the paradigm of care of a first psychotic episode from the current organization of the care system. Indeed, the creation of specific services for emerging psychotic disorders cannot easily be generalized throughout the country and requires specific funding. The intervention of case managers according to the recommendations of good practices will make it possible to propose the fundamental principles of early intervention to young patients and their families on a large scale throughout the territory, namely: personalized and proactive accompaniment, psycho-education of the pathology and treatments, involvement and support of the families, and support for socio-professional reintegration

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Psychotic Episode

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Case manager group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Case management

Intervention Type OTHER

Regular and personalized follow-up by a case manager using a "case management" approach, updated every 3 months

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Case management

Regular and personalized follow-up by a case manager using a "case management" approach, updated every 3 months

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The patient or their close relative must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form
* The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
* The patient is available for a 3-year follow-up.
* Patient is managed in a psychiatric service (consultation or hospitalization) for a first episode psychosis defined by:

* Presence of positive psychotic symptoms (delusion(s) and/or hallucination(s) and/or conceptual disorganization) evolving for at least one week, either daily or at least 3 times per week for at least one hour per occasion ;
* Never having taken a neuroleptic treatment with antipsychotic aim (except for an antipsychotic treatment started for the current episode for example by the general practitioner before being referred to psychiatry);
* A disorder meeting the DSM 5 criteria from the following list: delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder greater than 7 days, schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, substance-induced psychotic disorder greater than 7 days, other specific or nonspecific schizophrenic spectrum disorder or other psychotic disorder, bipolar I or II disorder with congruent and non-mood congruent psychotic features, bipolar disorder with congruent and non-mood congruent psychotic features induced by a substance, major depressive disorder with congruent and non-mood congruent psychotic features.
* Inclusion should be within the first 3 months of care for first episode psychosis in the psychiatric service.
* At the time of inclusion, the psychotic symptomatology observed during the first episode psychosis may still be present or in remission.

Exclusion Criteria

* The subject is participating in another category I interventional study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study
* The subject, or one of the parents for minor patients, refuses to sign the consent
* It is impossible to give the subject informed information
* The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship
* The patients has an IQ less than or equal to 55
* The patient has a first psychotic episode linked to a psychotic problem triggered by a medication of other medical condition
* The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Aurélie Schandrin

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU Nimes

Locations

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CHU de TOULOUSE

Toulouse, Choisir Une Région, France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CH Saint Marie Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU de Montpellier

Montpellier, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Nice

Nice, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU de Nîmes

Nîmes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier Léon-Jean Grégory

Thuir, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Aurélie Schandrin

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 04.66.68.34.26

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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ETIENNE VERY

Role: primary

Sébastien ALMON

Role: primary

Delphine CAPDEVIELLE

Role: primary

Bruno GIORDANA

Role: primary

Anissa Megzari

Role: primary

Aurore LARUE

Role: primary

References

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Schandrin A, Jourdan J, Chkair S, Bouvet S, Fabbro-Peray P, Abbar M; PEPsy-CM working group. PEPsy-CM study protocol: impact of a 3-year program for early psychosis based on case-management on relapse rate, a French multicenter randomized trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2025 May 15;25(1):488. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06940-y.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 40375175 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PREPS/2018/AS-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id