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Database Registry for Neural Network Biomarkers in Psychosis

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · with National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · NCT01409109

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–60 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
1000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 2010
Record last updated
April 23, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

Several observations have been made with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that characterize brain connections and brain function in individuals with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. For example, research investigating schizophrenia focuses on the dysfunction of connections within and between the medial temporal lobe and the prefrontal cortex as well as other pertinent brain regions. This database registry will allow for the collection of clinical interview data, behavioral data, blood, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data on individuals with and without mental disorders to better understand how connections in the brain and various brain regions function differently while volunteers perform various cognitive tasks. This is an observational study that is being conducted to collect data and place it in a registry for current and future investigational questions related to imaging in mental disorders.

Conditions: Schizophrenia; Schizoaffective Disorder

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Volunteers with Schizophrenia or other mental illness

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) diagnosis of Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective disorder
  • Competent to give informed consent
  • All races and ethnicities
  • Eyesight corrected to 20-40 or better
  • Able to read, speak, and understand English

Healthy volunteers

  • No past or current severe mental illness
  • All races and ethnicities
  • Eyesight corrected to 20-40 or better
  • Able to read, speak, and understand English

Exclusion Criteria

Volunteers with schizophrenia or other mental illness

  • Diagnosis of an organic brain disease
  • Diagnosis of DSM-IV-TR alcohol or substance abuse within the last month or DSM-IV-TR alcohol or substance dependence within the last three months
  • Serious, unstable medical illness
  • History of serious head injury
  • Pregnant women

Healthy volunteers

  • History of psychiatric illness
  • Current use of psychoactive drugs excluding nicotine and caffeine
  • Diagnosis of an organic brain disease
  • Serious, unstable medical illness
  • History of serious head injury
  • Pregnant women

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, TX 75390

    Site contact: Elena Ivleva, M.D., Ph.D. · 214-645-8942 · elena.ivleva@utsouthwestern.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Elena Ivleva, M.D., Ph.D. · 214-645-8942 · elena.ivleva@utsouthwestern.edu
  • Debra Bushong, M.S., L.P.C. · 214-648-4653 · debra.bushong@utsouthwestern.edu
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