Brain Interaction of Cognition and Emotion in Patients with Schizophrenia: experiments in search of a common brain mechanism using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Brain Interaction of Cognition and Emotion in Patients with Schizophrenia: experiments in search of a common brain mechanism using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) - BICEPS

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON30747

Enrollment

Registered

2007-03-20

Start date

2007-03-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-18

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Conditions

psychosis Schizophrenia

Interventions

None.

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients (treated with clozapine or haloperidol or untreated) with a diagnosis of *first episode psychosis*, suggestive for the diagnosis schizophrenia are eligible to participate in the study. Age between 18 and 40 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Any neurological, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases; claustrophobia, pregnancy; other relevant psychiatric disorders; MRI contraindications. Subjects will also be excluded when they cannot understand the Dutch language sufficiently to understand the purposes and implications of the experiment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Group differences in pattern or intensity of activation between the group of patients and healthy controls as measured by fMRI. Influence of medication on pattern or intensity of activation in the group of patients with schizophrenia	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
None.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)