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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03522220
Date of registration: 30/04/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Public title: Augmentation of Neuronal Network Plasticity in Schizophrenia SCZ
Scientific title: Augmentation of Neuronal Network Plasticity in Schizophrenia
Date of first enrolment: September 1, 2016
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Unknown status
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03522220
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Factorial Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     Maxi Becker, MSc
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: max.becker@uke.de
Affiliation: 
Name:     Maxi Becker, MSc.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: max.becker@uke.de
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- clinically stabilized

- at least one schizophrenic episode in their lives

- International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD-10) F20.x (and F25)

Exclusion Criteria:

- clinically relevant anemia

- MRI contraindication

- earlier electroconvulsive shock treatment

- significant somatic or neurological disease

- significant alcohol or substance abuse in the year before

- more than 1h video games per day more than 6 months before study start

- simultaneous major psychiatric disease (if symptomatic in the foreground)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Healthy
Schizophrenia
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: 3D navigation video game intervention
Behavioral: No 3D navigation
Behavioral: video game intervention without 3D navigation
Primary Outcome(s)
T1 - MRI [Time Frame: 2 months (= training time and 2 months after training end)]
Cognition - Spatial Orientation [Time Frame: 2 months (= training time and 2 months after training end)]
Positive & Negative Symptoms in patients [Time Frame: 2 months (= training time and 2 months after training end)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) [Time Frame: 2 month (= training time and 2 month after training end)]
Spectroscopy - glutamate [Time Frame: 2 month (= training time and 2 month after training end)]
Biomarkers (BDNF & interleukin 1 & 6) [Time Frame: 2 month (= training time and 2 month after training end)]
Resting State fMRI [Time Frame: 2 months (= training time and 2 months after training end)]
Secondary ID(s)
SFB936 C7
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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