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Peer Education on Exercise for Recovery for Psychosis

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Anjana Muralidharan, PhD
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Current diagnosis of a psychotic disorder, meeting criteria established by the VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC): schizophrenic disorders (295.0-295.9), affective psychoses (296.0-296.1, 296.4-296.8), or major depression with psychotic features (296.24, 296.34)
age 50 or older
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 12 weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether a peer coaching intervention can help older adults with psychotic disorders exercise more.

Eligible Conditions
  • Psychosis

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Attendance
Intervention Engagement
Intervention Fidelity

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Peer Education on Exercise for RecoveryExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
A 24-week group-based peer coaching intervention delivered by a VA Peer Specialist, to promote participation in a supervised fitness training program and general physical activity
Group II: Enhanced supervised fitness trainingActive Control1 Intervention
A 24-week intervention to promote participation in a supervised fitness training program and general physical activity, which includes individual support from non-peer staff
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Peer Education on Exercise for Recovery
2018
N/A
~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,609 Previous Clinical Trials
3,306,581 Total Patients Enrolled
6 Trials studying Psychosis
1,657 Patients Enrolled for Psychosis
Anjana Muralidharan, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorBaltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Peer Support for Exercise in Older Veterans With Psychotic Disorders
2018. "Peer Support for Exercise in Older Veterans With Psychotic Disorders". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02958007.
~3 spots leftby Apr 2025
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