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Optimizing Mental Health for Young People at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR)

A study testing Optimal Health Program in people with Psychosis and Psychosocial Functioning, run by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health at 1 site in Canada.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This proposal aims to adapt an evidence-based comprehensive psychosocial and mental health support program, the Optimal Health Program (OHP), to improve functioning, reduce distress, and build resiliency in youth who are at clinical risk of developing psychosis (CHR). The main aims of the studies are 1). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 16 to 29 years
Conditions the study is for
Psychosis, Psychosocial Functioning
What is being tested?
Optimal Health Program
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
24 Aug 2023to 19 Dec 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 16 to 29 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Be 16-29 years old
  • Being competent and willing to consent to study participation
  • Meets CHR criteria for a psychosis risk syndrome based on the Structured Interview for Psychosis Risk Syndromes (SIPS) either currently or at some point in the past 3 years.

Who cannot join

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) diagnosis of psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia spectrum disorder, mood disorder with psychotic features)
  • Diagnosis of intellectual disability previously documented in the patient chart
  • Severe developmental disorder
  • Acute suicidality requiring immediate intervention

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site
  • Center for Addiction and Mental Health

    Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1H4

Other trials in Canada

About this study

This proposal aims to adapt an evidence-based comprehensive psychosocial and mental health support program, the Optimal Health Program (OHP), to improve functioning, reduce distress, and build resiliency in youth who are at clinical risk of developing psychosis (CHR).

The main aims of the studies are 1). To adapt an existing, effective, validated psychological intervention for use in young people with CHR; 2). To evaluate the acceptability of OHP and the feasibility of conducting a clinical trial of OHP in individuals with CHR; 3). To assess the preliminary efficacy of OHP in enhancing resiliency, reducing depression and anxiety, and improving functioning in individuals with CHR in a single-arm exploratory clinical trial.

Participants will be delivered OHP intervention over 12-weeks. Measures will be completed at study entry and repeated immediately post-treatment at 12-weeks.

Being tested
Optimal Health Program
Medical subject headings
Psychotic Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Optimal Health ProgramBehavioural

    The OHP intervention will comprise a psychosocial management program that will be adapted to the CHR population and will be accompanied by a structured workbook. Sessions are approximately 1 hour in duration and held weekly for 6 weeks, and every two weeks for the remaining 6 weeks. The OHP has three components: 1) assessment and engagement; 2) therapy sessions, and 3) maintenance integration.

Study groups in NCT05757128
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
treatment armExperimentalThe single treatment arm will be administered optimal health program (OHP) intervention.
Receives: Behavioral: Optimal Health Program

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Adherence

    Percent sessions attended.

    Measured: post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  2. Retention rates

    Percent participants who complete 12-week sessions.

    Measured: post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  3. Attrition

    Percent participants that dropout at 12-weeks

    Measured: post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  4. Client Satisfaction Questionnaire

    A Likert scale from 1-4, total scores range from 8-32, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction.

    Measured: post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Psychiatric diagnoses

    Psychiatric diagnoses will be confirmed using the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID) for DSM-5.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  2. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale

    This is a 25-item self-report rating scale designed to assess resilience, with higher scores indicating better outcome. Each item is rated on a 5-point scale ranging from not true at all or zero to true nearly all of the time or four. The total possible scores range from 0-100.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  3. Structured Interview for Prodromal Symptoms

    The Structured Interview for Prodromal Symptoms (SIPS) is a widely used structured interview for diagnosing a CHR syndrome for psychosis and cases of first episode psychosis. It contains a severity rating scale (the Scale Of Psychosis-risk Symptoms, or SOPS). It is a 6-point scale, with higher scores indicating higher severity.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  4. Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia

    This scale measures the severity of depression symptoms. It is of a 4-point likert type scale with nine items with higher score indicating higher severity.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  5. State and trait anxiety inventory

    This is a psychological inventory that measures anxiety. It consists of a 4-point likert scale with 40 items with higher scores indicating higher severity.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  6. Global Functioning: Social

    This is a brief clinician-administered measures of social functioning, administered as a semi-structured interview with detailed anchors for ratings that address social functioning difficulties typically experienced by youth at risk for psychosis. Total possible scores on either scale ranges from 1 to 10, with higher scores indicating better social functioning.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  7. Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB)

    The MCCB includes ten tests that assess seven cognitive domains: (1) Speed of Processing; (2) Attention/Vigilance; (3) Working Memory; (4) Verbal Learning; (5) Visual Learning; (6) Reasoning and Problem Solving; and (7) Social Cognition. Requires in person administration for standardization. The test generates a raw score and a T score. Higher scores indicate better cognitive performance.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

  8. Global Functioning: Role

    This is a brief clinician-administered measures of role functioning, administered as a semi-structured interview with detailed anchors for ratings that address role functioning difficulties typically experienced by youth at risk for psychosis. Total possible scores on either scale ranges from 1 to 10, with higher scores indicating better role functioning.

    Measured: baseline and post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Mar 2023
  2. Study start24 Aug 2023
  3. Primary completion19 Dec 2024
  4. Study completion19 Dec 2024

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05757128
Sponsor's protocol ID
063/2022
Status last verified
Mar 2025
First submitted
26 Jan 2023
Last updated
31 May 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Lin A, Wood SJ, Nelson B, Beavan A, McGorry P, Yung AR. Outcomes of nontransitioned cases in a sample at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 1;172(3):249-58. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13030418. Epub 2014 Nov 7.

    PubMed 25727537
  • Taylor PJ, Hutton P, Wood L. Are people at risk of psychosis also at risk of suicide and self-harm? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychol Med. 2015 Apr;45(5):911-26. doi: 10.1017/S0033291714002074. Epub 2014 Oct 9.

    PubMed 25298008
  • Fusar-Poli P, Nelson B, Valmaggia L, Yung AR, McGuire PK. Comorbid depressive and anxiety disorders in 509 individuals with an at-risk mental state: impact on psychopathology and transition to psychosis. Schizophr Bull. 2014 Jan;40(1):120-31. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbs136. Epub 2012 Nov 22.

    PubMed 23180756
  • Alvarez-Jimenez M, Gleeson JF, Henry LP, Harrigan SM, Harris MG, Killackey E, Bendall S, Amminger GP, Yung AR, Herrman H, Jackson HJ, McGorry PD. Road to full recovery: longitudinal relationship between symptomatic remission and psychosocial recovery in first-episode psychosis over 7.5 years. Psychol Med. 2012 Mar;42(3):595-606. doi: 10.1017/S0033291711001504. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

    PubMed 21854682
  • McGorry PD, Hartmann JA, Spooner R, Nelson B. Beyond the "at risk mental state" concept: transitioning to transdiagnostic psychiatry. World Psychiatry. 2018 Jun;17(2):133-142. doi: 10.1002/wps.20514.

    PubMed 29856558
  • Devoe DJ, Farris MS, Townes P, Addington J. Interventions and social functioning in youth at risk of psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2019 Apr;13(2):169-180. doi: 10.1111/eip.12689. Epub 2018 Jun 25.

    PubMed 29938910
  • Beck K, Andreou C, Studerus E, Heitz U, Ittig S, Leanza L, Riecher-Rossler A. Clinical and functional long-term outcome of patients at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis without transition to psychosis: A systematic review. Schizophr Res. 2019 Aug;210:39-47. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.12.047. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

    PubMed 30651204
  • Gilbert MM, Chamberlain JA, White CR, Mayers PW, Pawsey B, Liew D, Musgrave M, Crawford K, Castle DJ. Controlled clinical trial of a self-management program for people with mental illness in an adult mental health service - the Optimal Health Program (OHP). Aust Health Rev. 2012 Feb;36(1):1-7. doi: 10.1071/AH11008.

    PubMed 22513012
  • Knowles SR, Ski CF, Langham R, O'Flaherty E, Thompson DR, Rossell SL, Moore G, Hsueh YS, Castle DJ. Design and protocol for the Dialysis Optimal Health Program (DOHP) randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Sep 9;17(1):447. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1558-z.

    PubMed 27612446
  • Skivington K, Matthews L, Simpson SA, Craig P, Baird J, Blazeby JM, Boyd KA, Craig N, French DP, McIntosh E, Petticrew M, Rycroft-Malone J, White M, Moore L. A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance. BMJ. 2021 Sep 30;374:n2061. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n2061.

    PubMed 34593508
  • Miller TJ, McGlashan TH, Rosen JL, Cadenhead K, Cannon T, Ventura J, McFarlane W, Perkins DO, Pearlson GD, Woods SW. Prodromal assessment with the structured interview for prodromal syndromes and the scale of prodromal symptoms: predictive validity, interrater reliability, and training to reliability. Schizophr Bull. 2003;29(4):703-15. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007040.

    PubMed 14989408
  • Henderson J, Courey L, Relihan J, Darnay K, Szatmari P, Cleverley K, Cheung A, Hawke LD. Youth and family members make meaningful contributions to a randomized-controlled trial: YouthCan IMPACT. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2022 Jun;16(6):670-677. doi: 10.1111/eip.13232. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

    PubMed 34725926
  • Lu Y, Todesco B, Hawke LD, Kozloff N, Strudwick G, Kiang M, Wang W, Castle D, Foussias G, Husain MO. Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la sante des jeunes Canadiens presentant un risque clinique eleve de psychose : Une etude de faisabilite. Can J Psychiatry. 2026 Aug;71(8):623-633. doi: 10.1177/07067437261436536. Epub 2026 Apr 7.

    PubMed 41944236
  • Husain MO, Hawke LD, Lu Y, Kozloff N, Strudwick G, Kiang M, Wang W, Castle D, Foussias G. A mixed-methods study to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of delivering the optimal health program (OHP) for youth at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis: A study protocol. PLoS One. 2024 Jul 18;19(7):e0306968. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306968. eCollection 2024.

    PubMed 39024237

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Optimal Health Program in people with Psychosis and Psychosocial Functioning, run by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health at 1 site in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Adherence (time frame: post treatment (12 weeks after baseline)). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05757128, which also lists 14 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 May 2025.

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