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NCT00001486

Genetic Study of Schizophrenia

Completed Last updated 1 April 2026
What this trial tests

trial in Schizoaffective Disorder in 4,914 participants. Completed.

Timeline
15 July 1995

Quick facts

Lead sponsorNational Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment4,914
Start date15 July 1995
Sites1 location across United States

Conditions studied

Sponsor

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Who can join

Adults 18 to 55, any sex, with Schizoaffective Disorder or Schizophrenia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This large ongoing study at NIMH investigates the neurobiology of schizophrenia by identifying susceptibility genes, evaluating their impact on brain function to better understand how to treat and prevent this illness.

Publications & conference data

8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Is gray matter volume an intermediate phenotype for schizophrenia? A voxel-based morphometry study of patients with schizophrenia and their healthy siblings.
    Honea RA, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Hobbs KB, Pezawas L, et al · · 2008 · cited 157× · PMID 17689500 · DOI 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.05.027
  2. Investigation of anatomical thalamo-cortical connectivity and FMRI activation in schizophrenia.
    Marenco S, Stein JL, Savostyanova AA, Sambataro F, et al · · 2012 · cited 130× · PMID 21956440 · DOI 10.1038/npp.2011.215
  3. Dissecting transcriptomic signatures of neuronal differentiation and maturation using iPSCs.
    Burke EE, Chenoweth JG, Shin JH, Collado-Torres L, et al · · 2020 · cited 126× · PMID 31974374 · DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-14266-z
  4. Magnetoencephalographic gamma power reduction in patients with schizophrenia during resting condition.
    Rutter L, Carver FW, Holroyd T, Nadar SR, et al · · 2009 · cited 81× · PMID 19288463 · DOI 10.1002/hbm.20746
  5. Genetic modulation of GABA levels in the anterior cingulate cortex by GAD1 and COMT.
    Marenco S, Savostyanova AA, van der Veen JW, Geramita M, et al · · 2010 · cited 57× · PMID 20357758 · DOI 10.1038/npp.2010.35
  6. Electrophysiological measures from human iPSC-derived neurons are associated with schizophrenia clinical status and predict individual cognitive performance.
    Page SC, Sripathy SR, Farinelli F, Ye Z, et al · · 2022 · cited 56× · PMID 35017298 · DOI 10.1073/pnas.2109395119
  7. Epistatic interaction between COMT and DTNBP1 modulates prefrontal function in mice and in humans.
    Papaleo F, Burdick MC, Callicott JH, Weinberger DR. · · 2014 · cited 54× · PMID 24145376 · DOI 10.1038/mp.2013.133
  8. Polygenic risk score increases schizophrenia liability through cognition-relevant pathways.
    Toulopoulou T, Zhang X, Cherny S, Dickinson D, et al · · 2019 · cited 52× · PMID 30535067 · DOI 10.1093/brain/awy279

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