Effectiveness of a Pragmatic, Metabolic Care Clinic for Patients With Severe Mental Illness - The Meta Care Clinic

ConditionsSevere Mental Disorder Metabolic Complication Side-Effect;Medication Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders Bipolar Disorder

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18-45

SponsorBjorn H. Ebdrup

About this trial

This study will examine the effectiveness of a Pragmatic, Metabolic Care Clinic for Patients With Severe Mental Illness

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (International classification of diseases; ICD-10: DF2x) or bipolar disorder (ICD-10: DF30.x or DF31.x)

Medical treatment with antipsychotics

Age 18-45 years

Legally competent

Disqualifiers

Clinical or laboratory evidence of comorbid medical disease not compatible with participation as judged by the research team.

Unstable psychiatric disorder as judged by the research team.

Severe current drug or alcohol misuse as judged by the research team.

Acute suicidal risk.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Treatment in the Meta Care Clinic
Standard care with general practitioner and/or outpatient clinics

Treatment groups

84 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

Centre for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, CNSR, Mental Health Centre Glostrup2600, Glostrup MunicipalityCapital Region, Denmark

Sponsors and collaborators

Bjorn H. Ebdrup

Lead sponsor

University of Copenhagen

Sponsor institution

Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Collaborator

University of Toronto

Collaborator

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov