Effectiveness of Targeted Cognitive Training for Neurological Deficits in People With Schizophrenia

PHASE1/PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

80

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2004

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2012

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2013

Conditions
Schizophrenia
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Targeted cognitive training (TCT)

TCT includes cognitive remediation exercises that participants practice 1 hour per day, 5 days per week, for 20 weeks. TCT exercises are specifically designed to improve speed and accuracy in the perception of and response to verbal and visuo-spatial targets.

BEHAVIORAL

Computer games

The control treatment involves commercially available computer games that participants practice 1 hour per day, 5 days per week, for 20 weeks.

Trial Locations (1)

94121

San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

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