An interventional study of ECHO Manualized CFT treatment for young voice heares in Hallucinations, Auditory, sponsored by University of Southern Denmark. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 21 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-02-24.
Sponsored by University of Southern Denmark · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
In this project, a 10-session treatment program was developed aimed at young people who experience voice hearing. The treatment has potential to easily be implemented in everyday clinical practice in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and eventually in Educational Psychological Counselling (PPR) and the newly established STIME services (low-threshold municipal treatment offers for children and young people).
As part of the treatment, the young person's caregivers are involved. This means a high degree of involvement from adults who know the young person well and are part of their daily life.
In addition to traditional Compassion-focuced therapy (CFT), the treatment is expanded with an intervention where an audio file is recorded with content corresponding to the adolescent's voice hearing. The parents are invited to listen to the audio file while participating in a therapy session. This will help improve the caregivers understanding of the young person's experiences and challenges.
136 studies on the registry are indexed under Hallucinations; 35 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 80 is above the median of 48 across 118 interventional studies indexed under Hallucinations.
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60 voice hearing patients age 13-18 years old 20 patients with first-episode schizophrenia age 18-21
Behavioral: ECHO Manualized CFT treatment for young voice heares
A manualized 10 session, intervention inspired by compassion focused therapy. A primary caretaker paticipates in 5 sessions.
Also known as: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up
Interpretation and relationship with the voices
Psychotic symptoms are measured with: BAVQ-R (Beliefs about Voices Questionnaire - Revised) (Chadwick et al., 2000).( 35 items are rated (0-3) total minimum score 0, maximum score 105. Some scores indicate higher distress, while other indicate lower distress).
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up.
Severity and phenomenological characteristics of voice hearing
PSYRATS AH (Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale Auditory Hallucinations) (Haddock et al., 1999). (11 items are rated (0-4) total minimum score 0, maximum score 44. Higher score being more severe)
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up.
Perceived ability to control or influence the voices
The Yale Control Over Perceptual Experiences (COPE) Scales measures voluntary control over voices such as being able to intentionally influence the timing, frequency, or intensity of voice hearing experiences (Mourgues et al., 2022). (36 items are rated (1-7) total minimum score 36, maximum score 252. Higher scores indicate stronger perceived control over voices)
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up.
Social Cognition
Social cognition is tested with TASIT 2A DK (The Awareness of Social Inference Test) (McDonald et al., 2003). (60 items are rated, minimum total score 0, maximum score is 60. Lower score being more severe)
Time frame: Social cognition is tested 3 months before treatment and right after
Subjective experience of feeling safe, accepted, and soothed in social relationships.
SSPS (Social safeness and pleasure scale) (Gilbert et al., 2009). (11 items are rated (1-5). Total minimum 11, total maximum 55. Lower score being more severe).
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up
Compassion towards self.
SCS-SF (Self-Compassion Scale Short Form) (Raes et al., 2011; Neff et al., 2019) (12 items are rated (1-5) total minimum 12, total maximum 60. Lower score being more severe).
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up
Subjective sense of interpersonal closeness and belonging
The Social Connectedness Scale Revised (Lee et al., 1995; Sabitelli et al., 2005). (8 items are rated (1-6). Total minimum score 8, total maximum score 48. Lower score being more severe).
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up
Perceived availability and adequacy of social support
MSPSS (The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support) (Zimet et al. 1988).(12 items are rated (1-7) total minimum 12, total maximum 84. Lower score being more severe).
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up
Primary caregivers
Factual information about the young person: Education, cohabiting or divorced parents, the young person's residence, family history of mental illness, diagnosis and medication of the young person
Time frame: Before treatment
Additional questions
Additionally, questions are asked about how well you feel your parents understand you (e.g., do they know what motivates you and what scares you?) (Likert scale 1-10). Questions about daily stress, sleep, violence and abuse, well-being and quality of life, interaction with family and friends (from the "How are you?" survey among youth in the Central Denmark Region). Quality of life is measured with WHO-5.
Time frame: Data is collected 3 months prior to CFT treatment, immediately before the start of treatment, immediately after treatment is completed, and at 1 month follow-up
Start is estimated for Jun 2026; primary completion for Jun 2028, 24 months later.
Of 53 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Hallucinations, half reached primary completion within 37 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 20 and three quarters within 56. This study's planned 24 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 53 studies reached it within 37 months; a quarter within 20 and three quarters within 56.
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