Efficiency of a Composite Personalised Care on Functional Outcome in Early Psychosis

NCT ID: NCT05796401

Last Updated: 2023-04-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-15

Study Completion Date

2028-06-15

Brief Summary

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Chronic psychosis, including schizophrenia is now viewed as a progressive disorder where cognitive deficits predate the clinical onset. Early intervention programs improve the general outcome with staged care strategies, supporting the view that the period before and around the first episode of psychosis is a window of opportunity for improving its functional recovery.

Pioneering epigenetic analyses indicate that psychosis onset involves oxidative stress and inflammation suggesting that neuroprotective strategies could limit or even prevent the onset of or the transition into a chronic disorder. Several biological factors associated with the emergence of psychosis can all be rectified by using safe and easily accepted supplements including alterations folate deficiency/hyperhomocysteinemia; redox imbalance and deficit in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). The prevalence of these anomalies (20-30%) justifies a systematic detection and could guide personalised add-on strategy.

Cognitive remediation improves quality of life (QoL) and functional outcome in patients with chronic psychosis. It would even be more efficacious in the early phase of psychosis by tackling the negative impact of psychosis on education achievement and employment. However, cognitive dysfunctions are often overlooked in patients at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis and patient with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) and cognitive remediation is not always accessible. New technologies can provide us with youth-friendly, non-stigmatising tools, such as applications with cognitive strategies, motivational tools and functioning guidance personalised according to the need of each individual. Patients can have access to it, wherever they live.

Early psychosis can be associated with inflammation, metabolic deficiency, as well as early structural brain anomalies that reflect brain plasticity abilities and could influence the prognosis and response to cognitive training.

The study hypothesis is that promoting neuroplasticity by cognitive training and personalised virtual psychoeducation guidance could attenuate or reverse early cognitive deficits and improve the overall functional outcome in young patients UHR or FEP and that this effect is modulated by individual brain plasticity abilities. The overall objective of PsyCARE\_trial is to improve early intervention in psychosis by providing a composite personalised care (CPC) that will enable personalised cognitive training and psychoeducation guidance, adapted to individuals' needs, cognitive abilities and biological background.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Psychosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Phase III, Prospective Randomised Open, Blinded End-point (PROBE) controlled trial stratified according to the developmental burden and centre, with 2x2 factorial designs (equivalent to a 4-arms clinical trial) in a 1:1:1:1 ratio.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Treatment as usual (TAU)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Intervention Type OTHER

Treatment as usual (TAU), including a standardised psycho-education program with a group cognitive behavioural therapy (e.g. I\_Care - You Care) and, in FEP only, second generation antipsychotic from a restricted list (following the recommendations www.orygen.org.au)

TAU + cognitive training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive reinforcement using digital applications (PSYCARE application) during 12 weeks

+/- virtual reality based cognitive remediation application : 24 sessions over 12 weeks (only for patients who have a higher cognitive deficits (TMTB score \>110s))

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Intervention Type OTHER

Treatment as usual (TAU), including a standardised psycho-education program with a group cognitive behavioural therapy (e.g. I\_Care - You Care) and, in FEP only, second generation antipsychotic from a restricted list (following the recommendations www.orygen.org.au)

TAU + personalized neuroprotective strategies

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized neuroprotective strategies : Vitamin B12, folinic acid, Omega 3, NAC

Intervention Type DRUG

Personalised neuroprotective medication adapted to the individual's biological profile :

* Vitamin B12 : 500 micrograms per day
* Folinic acid : 50 mg per day
* Omega 3 : 1380 mg EicosaPentaenoic Acid (EPA) + 1140 mg DocosaHexaenoic Acid (DHA) per day
* N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) : 2400 mg per day

duration of supplementation(s) : 12 weeks

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Intervention Type OTHER

Treatment as usual (TAU), including a standardised psycho-education program with a group cognitive behavioural therapy (e.g. I\_Care - You Care) and, in FEP only, second generation antipsychotic from a restricted list (following the recommendations www.orygen.org.au)

TAU + personalized neuroprotective strategies + cognitive training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive reinforcement using digital applications (PSYCARE application) during 12 weeks

+/- virtual reality based cognitive remediation application : 24 sessions over 12 weeks (only for patients who have a higher cognitive deficits (TMTB score \>110s))

Personalized neuroprotective strategies : Vitamin B12, folinic acid, Omega 3, NAC

Intervention Type DRUG

Personalised neuroprotective medication adapted to the individual's biological profile :

* Vitamin B12 : 500 micrograms per day
* Folinic acid : 50 mg per day
* Omega 3 : 1380 mg EicosaPentaenoic Acid (EPA) + 1140 mg DocosaHexaenoic Acid (DHA) per day
* N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) : 2400 mg per day

duration of supplementation(s) : 12 weeks

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Intervention Type OTHER

Treatment as usual (TAU), including a standardised psycho-education program with a group cognitive behavioural therapy (e.g. I\_Care - You Care) and, in FEP only, second generation antipsychotic from a restricted list (following the recommendations www.orygen.org.au)

Interventions

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Cognitive training

Cognitive reinforcement using digital applications (PSYCARE application) during 12 weeks

+/- virtual reality based cognitive remediation application : 24 sessions over 12 weeks (only for patients who have a higher cognitive deficits (TMTB score \>110s))

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Personalized neuroprotective strategies : Vitamin B12, folinic acid, Omega 3, NAC

Personalised neuroprotective medication adapted to the individual's biological profile :

* Vitamin B12 : 500 micrograms per day
* Folinic acid : 50 mg per day
* Omega 3 : 1380 mg EicosaPentaenoic Acid (EPA) + 1140 mg DocosaHexaenoic Acid (DHA) per day
* N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) : 2400 mg per day

duration of supplementation(s) : 12 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Treatment as usual (TAU), including a standardised psycho-education program with a group cognitive behavioural therapy (e.g. I\_Care - You Care) and, in FEP only, second generation antipsychotic from a restricted list (following the recommendations www.orygen.org.au)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adolescent and young adults, both sexes, aged 15 to 30 years,
* From Community or academic clinics,
* Characterised as UHR or FEP according to the first four items of the Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental State (CAARMS) (first subscale for psychosis) \[8\] during the last 12 months,
* Informed and written signed consent,
* Participant with regular health insurance

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe and unstabilised medical conditions,
* Insufficient level in reading and/or French language,
* Current participation in another intervention trial,
* Enforced hospitalization ,
* Intellectual Deficiency (i.e. Intelligence Quotient\<70), and / or sensorimotor deficits incompatible with the cognitive training,
* Former treated episode of psychosis, chronic schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or Bipolar disorder,
* Current severe depression (i.e. MADRS \> 34),
* Receiving therapeutic levels of antipsychotics for more than 12 months,
* Current medication with benzodiazepine \>30 mg per day equivalent diazepam
* Current daily use of substance of abuse (higher than an average equivalent of daily number of 5 cannabis cigarettes). Current severe substance use disorder except for nicotine (SUD, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version V (DSMV criteria) during the last 6 months and/or former severe SUD or dependence DSMIV during more than 5 years.
* Current cognitive remediation programme,
* Pregnant women, parturients, and lactating women,
* Individuals deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision,
* Individuals of legal age who are the subject of a legal protection measure or unable to express their consent
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier St Anne

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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CHRU Brest

Brest, , France

Site Status

Centre Esquirol - CHU CAEN

Caen, , France

Site Status

CHU Clermont Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier La Chartreuse

Dijon, , France

Site Status

Hôpital Fontan

Lille, , France

Site Status

Hôpital La Colombière - CHU Montpellier

Montpellier, , France

Site Status

Eldorado - Maison des Adolescents de Meurthe et Moselle

Nancy, , France

Site Status

CH Orsay

Orsay, , France

Site Status

GHU Paris Neurosciences Psychiatrie

Paris, , France

Site Status

Nineteen GHU

Paris, , France

Site Status

CHU Poitiers

Poitiers, , France

Site Status

C.H. Guillaume Regnier

Rennes, , France

Site Status

CHU Purpan

Toulouse, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Marie-Odile KREBS

Role: CONTACT

+33 1 45 65 74 97

Khaoussou SYLLA

Role: CONTACT

+331.45.65.73.35

Facility Contacts

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Christophe LEMEY

Role: primary

Sonia DOLLFUS

Role: primary

Isabelle JALENQUES

Role: primary

Renaud JARDRI

Role: primary

Diane PURPER OUAKIL

Role: primary

Vincent LAPREVOTE

Role: primary

Julie BOURGIN

Role: primary

Marie-Odile KREBS

Role: primary

Gilles MARTINEZ

Role: primary

Nematollah JAAFARI

Role: primary

Jean-Philippe RAYNAUD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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D22-P006

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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