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Study for people with Schizophrenia
Recruiting Not a phased study
This trial at a glance
Where this trial is running
| Site | City | State or country | Status at this site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swinburne University of Technology | Hawthorn | VIC | Recruiting |
voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice
Who can join
The official eligibility criteria
Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.
Inclusion Criteria:
* Schizophrenia-related disorder or a mood disorder with psychotic symptoms diagnosis confirmed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID)
* Experiencing current auditory verbal hallucinations as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) item P3 ≥ 4
* Auditory verbal hallucinations present for at least one year
* AVHs include significant negative content (PSYRATS item 6 ≥ 2) and/or AVHs are distressing (PSYRATS item item 9 ≥ 2)
* Current treatment with antipsychotic medication, or has been treated with antipsychotic medication in the past, with at least two different antipsychotic compounds, and these have been discontinued due to insufficient treatment response and/or poor tolerability.
* Access to the internet and a computer or other device on which videoconferencing software can be used
* Sufficient fluency in English for meaningful participation
* Age 18 or over
* Ability to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Auditory verbal hallucinations attributable to a primary substance use disorder or organic disorder
* Estimated full scale IQ \< 70 (using the Test of Premorbid Functioning, TOPF)
* Within the last month or planned at the time of intake: a change of antipsychotic medication,
* Current or within the past 3 months receipt of individual psychological therapy for hearing voices, or receipt of electro-convulsive therapy or other brain stimulation treatment;
* AVHs in a language not spoken by the therapists.
Dates on the record
Results, publications and the official record
- No results are posted on the official record yet.
- No publications are listed on the official record yet.
- Official record and contacts on ClinicalTrials.gov – contact details for each site are kept there, and are not copied onto this page.
Sources and dates
- ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
- ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 22 November 2024.
- This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.
Voxsanity reformats data from public registries into this layout. It does not edit, interpret or add to what the registry published.
Not medical advice.
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Letter for your doctor
A one-page summary of this trial to print or email to your GP. It carries the registry's own record of the trial and its eligibility criteria, and nothing Voxsanity has written about whether it suits you.