NCT03862209: RECOVER-E

Community-based Mental Health Care for People With Severe and Enduring Mental Ill Health (RECOVER-E) Croatia

Status unknown NA Last updated 5 March 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Community mental health team in Severe Mental Disorder in 200 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

1 January 2018

Primary endpoint
1 January 2021

1 July 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Klinički Bolnički Centar Zagreb
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	200
Start date	1 January 2018
Primary completion	1 January 2021
Estimated completion	1 July 2021
Sites	1 location across Croatia

Drugs / interventions tested

• Community mental health team

Conditions studied

• Severe Mental Disorder — all drugs for Severe Mental Disorder →
• Schizophrenia — all drugs for Schizophrenia →
• Bipolar Disorder — all drugs for Bipolar Disorder →
• Severe Depression — all drugs for Severe Depression →

Sponsor

Klinički Bolnički Centar Zagreb — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Severe Mental Disorder or Schizophrenia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

To contribute to improving the level of functioning and quality of life and mental health outcomes for people with severe and enduring mental ill health (SMI) (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression) by adapting and up scaling the implementation of a community-based service delivery model in Croatia.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Towards community-based and recovery-oriented care for severe mental disorders in Southern and Eastern Europe: aims and design of a multi-country implementation and evaluation study (RECOVER-E).
   Shields-Zeeman L, Petrea I, Smit F, Walters BH, et al · · 2020 · cited 19× · PMID 32336984 · DOI 10.1186/s13033-020-00361-y
2. Perceived Support for Recovery and Level of Functioning Among People With Severe Mental Illness in Central and Eastern Europe: An Observational Study.
   Roth C, Wensing M, Koetsenruijter J, Istvanovic A, et al · · 2021 · cited 9× · PMID 34621196 · DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.732111
3. Experiences of healthcare staff providing community-based mental healthcare as a multidisciplinary community mental health team in Central and Eastern Europe findings from the RECOVER-E project: an observational intervention study.
   Roth C, Wensing M, Kuzman MR, Bjedov S, et al · · 2021 · cited 6× · PMID 34689733 · DOI 10.1186/s12888-021-03542-2
4. Sustainability of Community-Based Specialized Mental Health Services in Five European Countries: Protocol for Five Randomized Controlled Trial-Based Health-Economic Evaluations Embedded in the RECOVER-E Program.
   Wijnen BFM, Smit F, Uhernik AI, Istvanovic A, et al · · 2020 · cited 5× · PMID 32476658 · DOI 10.2196/17454
5. Recovery-oriented practices and role perceptions of healthcare staff providing community-based mental healthcare as team in Central and Eastern Europe: an observational study
   Roth C, Wensing M, Kuzman MR, Bjedov S, et al · · 2021 · cited 1× · DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-215308/v1
6. Cost-effectiveness of community versus hospital-based mental healthcare for severe mental illness in South-East Europe: evaluation of five randomised trials
   Wijnen B, Smit F, Uhernik AI, Žegrec A, et al · · 2026 · DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9344444/v1
7. Community versus institutionalised care for people with severe mental illness in five countries in Southeast Europe: pooled analysis of five randomised trials.
   Shields-Zeeman L, Smit F, Wijnen B, Roth C, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41130742 · DOI 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018594