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 @ 7:35 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:35 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06978803
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. English or French-speaking participants (as dyads matched for language preference).
2. Ages 18-60 years.
3. Patients meeting the operational criteria for schizophrenia or schizoaffective illness as previously diagnosed by their treating psychiatrist, based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 criteria (Zipursky et al., 2020).
4. Patients with less than 5 years of illness onset, based on the time of starting treatment with antipsychotic medication.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Participants should not have a primary diagnosis of Alcohol or Drug abuse or addiction (however, co-morbid substance abuse with a primary diagnosis of psychotic disorder is not an exclusion criterion).
2. Participants should not have a severe medical disorder that would explain psychotic symptoms.
3. Participants should not have a past or current history of a primary neurological disorder that can affect speech output
4. Participants with IQ below 70 or a concurrent pervasive developmental disorder (e.g., autism) will also be excluded.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT06978803
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06978803