Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:17 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:17 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00930150
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Demonstrates adequate decisional capacity to make a choice about participating in the research study
* Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, as defined by DSM-IV-TR criteria and confirmed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID)
* Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) hallucinatory behavior, unusual thought content, and conceptual disorganization ratings of no greater than moderately severe (i.e., item scores must be less than or equal to 5)
* Meets all of the following cognitive performance and English language criteria:
1. Learned English before age 12
2. Able to complete the baseline Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) validly, based on the judgment of the investigator
3. Raw score of 37 or greater on the Wide Range Achievement Test, reading subtest, 3rd edition (WRAT-3), used to establish minimum sixth grade reading level and estimated premorbid IQ
* Able to state specific goals relevant to the intervention that participant would like to achieve
* Able to participate in the computerized intervention, based on the judgment of the investigator
Exclusion Criteria:
* Psychiatric hospitalization within 8 weeks of random assignment
* Adjustment to antipsychotic treatment within 4 weeks of random assignment
* Currently taking an anticholinergic medication
* DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse (other than nicotine) within the last month or a DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol or substance dependence (other than nicotine) within the last 6 months
* History of mental retardation, pervasive developmental disorder, or other neurological disorder (such as a traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, or Parkinson 's disease)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
55 Years
Study:
NCT00930150
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00930150