Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0138126546
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
REDIRECT
Study hypothesis
The Redirect Trial is a stratified-cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effect of a multifaceted, evidence-based educational intervention to assist general practitioners (GPs) to recognise first episode psychosis (FEP) in young people. We hypothesised that training GPs to recognise FEP would increase referrals to specialist secondary care services and improve clinical outcomes in young people with FEP.
Can duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) be reduced by a primary care training programme in early recognition of psychosis and adherence to guidelines?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Stratified-cluster randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Psychosis
Intervention
The study is a cluster randomisation trial with consenting GP practices randomly allocated to early detection training or 'detection as usual'.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Rate of patient referral
2. Assessment of the difference in the number of referrals of young people with FEP to secondary care services between study groups
Secondary outcome measures
1. Use of the Mental Health Act
2. GP consultation rate
3. Duration of untreated psychosis
4. Time to recovery
Overall trial start date
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
31/12/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
160 new patients in 78 GP practices (39 intervention, 39 control) over a 2 year period.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Other
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
160
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
31/12/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Dept of Primary Care and General Practice
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Midland Research Practices Consortium (MidReC) (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2005 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15755321
2. 2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19520016
Publication citations
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Protocol
Tait L, Lester H, Birchwood M, Freemantle N, Wilson S, Design of the BiRmingham Early Detection In untREated psyChosis Trial (REDIRECT): cluster randomised controlled trial of general practitioner education in detection of first episode psychosis [ISRCTN87898421]., BMC Health Serv Res, 2005, 5, 1, 19, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-19.
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Results
Lester H, Birchwood M, Freemantle N, Michail M, Tait L, REDIRECT: cluster randomised controlled trial of GP training in first-episode psychosis., Br J Gen Pract, 2009, 59, 563, e183-90, doi: 10.3399/bjgp09X420851.