Status:

RECRUITING

Study of Electrophysiological Markers Related to the Cognitive and Affective Processes Behind Empathic Behaviour in Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Conditions:

Schizophrenia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Disorders of social cognition, and empathy more specifically, are at the heart of schizophrenic pathology in that they are strongly linked to the social handicap of patients. It is therefore necessary...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Common to all: good command of the French language, right-handed.
  • Specific to patients: diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, clinical state stabilized according to the treating psychiatrist.

Exclusion

  • Common to all: having suffered a head injury with loss of consciousness lasting more than 5 minutes, participating in another project at the time of the present study, presenting an addiction to a toxic substance (excluding tobacco), presenting a mental retardation or neurological disorder (verified by a pre-recruitment interview and the administration of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for control subjects and on the basis of the information in the medical file for patients).
  • Patient-specific: significant change (according to the doctor) in treatment in the previous month, currently hospitalized.
  • Specific to controls: taking a psychoactive drug, having a mental disorder, being first-degree related to a patient with a disorder other than schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 10 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04278339

Start Date

October 10 2020

End Date

October 1 2026

Last Update

March 24 2025

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Hôpital Pasteur - Service de Psychiatrie

Nice, France, 06001