MSTNCT05805397

Effectiveness of Motivation Skills Training (MST)

StatusCompleted

PhaseNot applicable

SponsorColumbia University

Primary completionSep 18, 2026

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Record History

All 7 versions: 6 with changes below, 1 re-verified with no change. See every version on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Minor Oct 28, 2026 Trial completed Show 6 more changesShow less
- Final enrollment: 59 participants (planned 80)
- Primary completion date changed from estimate of Oct 31, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026
- Study completion date changed from estimate of Nov 30, 2026 to Sep 25, 2026
- Eligibility criteria expanded, about 8 words
- Secondary endpoints: details revised at 1 of 1 entry
- Site details revised at 2 of 2 sites
Notable Nov 3, 2025 Primary completion date: Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026
- Study completion date: Nov 30, 2025 to Nov 30, 2026
v6
Minor Sep 25, 2024 Primary completion date: Oct 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
- Study completion date: Nov 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
v4
Notable May 6, 2024 Trial status: Not Yet Recruiting to Recruiting
- Study sites: 1 to 2
- Start date changed from estimate of Jan 2024 to Apr 15, 2024
v3
Minor Sep 29, 2023 Eligibility criteria expanded, about 25 wordsv2
Apr 5, 2023 Study First Submitted

Notable: the plan changed
Minor: routine updates

Endpoints

Primary

Motivation and Pleasure Scale (MAP)

Timeframe: 5 months

Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)

Timeframe: 5 months

Secondary (1)

Heinrich's Quality of Life Scale (QLS)

Arms and interventions

Motivation Skills Training (MST)Experimental

MST is a weekly group-based skills training intervention that aims to improve knowledge about one's level and sources of motivation, the ability to monitor and regulate (understand and manage) motivation so that one can better initiate and sustain goal-directed behavior

Healthy Behaviors Control GroupActive comparator

HBC is a weekly group-based intervention that provides psychoeducation and skills training to help individuals improve physical health

Behavioral: Motivation Skills Training, Healthy Behaviors Control Group

Sites

2 sites in 1 country

About this trial

This study will take place at four outpatient clinics serving adults with serious mental illness. Informed consent will be obtained from N=80 individuals with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses (DSM)-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria to participate in a randomized controlled trial comparing Motivation Skills Training (MST) to a Healthy Behaviors Control (HBC) group. Eligible participants will receive a baseline assessment including sociodemographic and psychosocial assessments, measures of motivation, goal attainment, and quality of life, as well as measures of executive skills, community functioning, and psychiatric symptoms severity. Both MST and HBC will be implemented as once weekly group therapies. The treatment phase is approximately 12-14 weeks. MST will focus on motivation knowledge and self-regulation skills while HBC will focus on physical health and health-related skills.

Trial details

Enrollment: 59 participants (actual)
Started: Apr 15, 2024
Study completion: Sep 25, 2026
Eligibility: 18 to 65, all sexes, no healthy volunteers
Design: Interventional, randomized, double blind, treatment
Oversight: No data monitoring committee
Conditions: Mental Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
Collaborators: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Official title: Motivation Skills Training to Enhance Functional Outcomes for People With Schizophrenia
First posted: Apr 10, 2023
Registry updated: Oct 30, 2026
Last verified: Oct 2026

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