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Family Engagement Strategy for Coordinated Specialty Care

This study, called FAMES, is looking at ways to better involve family members and support people in mental health services for individuals experiencing early psychosis. It compares two approaches: one where you connect with a family peer for 12 weeks who helps build rapport and understanding (FAMES), and another where you receive 12 weeks of automated messages with positive information, reminders, and resources (Control). The goal is to see if FAMES helps family members engage more in coordinated specialty care (CSC) psychoeducation and in the FAMES strategy itself. You can join if you are 18 or older and are a family member or support person of someone who started CSC services within the last 6 months. The study is currently recruiting 900 participants, but its overall status is unclear.

Study design
This study is an interventional study that plans to enroll 900 participants, divided into groups receiving either the FAMES intervention or a control intervention.
What's involved
If you participate, you will receive either 12 weeks of connection with a family peer or 12 weeks of automated communication.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your engagement will be measured from baseline through the end of the study, with repeated measurements over an average of 3 months.

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NCT06945055

FAmily Engagement Strategy for Coordinated Specialty Care

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
Washington State University
~900 participants
Updated 2026-02-23 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:FAMESControl

At a glance

Recruiting sites
3 of 4 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Engagement in coordinated specialty care psychoeducation
Measured over Baseline through study completion; repeated measure to assess change through study completion, average of 3 months
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Family Members
Implementation

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Psychosis

Where it's being run

4 sites across 2 states
Washington3
Oregon1

Who to contact

Oladunni Oluwoye, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
[email protected]
509-368-6805
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Family member/support person of an individual enrolled in coordinated specialty care services for less than or equal to 6 months.
18 years of age or older.
During the active implementation period (FAMES) did not participate in the attention control condition.
enrolled in coordinated specialty care services for less than or equal to 6 months.
15 years of age or older.
Has a family member/support person willing to engage in the study. during the active implementation period (FAMES) did not participate in the attention control condition.

Exclusion

If they do not understand the consent process.
If they do not speak and/or understand English or Spanish.
if they do not understand the consent process
If they do not speak and/or understand English or Spanish

What this trial measures

  • Engagement in coordinated specialty care psychoeducationBaseline through study completion; repeated measure to assess change through study completion, average of 3 months

    Will be measured as first session attendance rate and total attendance rate per family provided by administrative data from the coordinated specialty care site partners.

  • Engagement in Family Engagement StrategyBaseline through study completion; repeated measure to assess change through study completion, average of 3 months

    Total number of Family Engagement Strategy session attended and the total number of contact minutes to measure engagement.