# DDT-COA-000-163 Accelerating the FDA COA Qualification Plan for the PSYCHS as a ClinRO measure

> **NIH FDA U01** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $249,804

## Abstract

Abstract
The clinical high-risk syndrome for psychosis (CHR-P) is a common psychiatric condition identified in the
American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5). CHR-P primarily affects youth
and young adults who exhibit multiple symptoms, including attenuated positive symptoms (delusions and
hallucinations) that are distressing and impairing of daily activities.
Clinical trials are urgently needed to develop specific and safe treatments for attenuated positive symptoms in
CHR-P patients. An obstacle to the design and funding of these needed trials, however, is the absence of an
FDA-qualified clinical outcome measure for use as the primary outcome upon which efficacy is assessed.
A new instrument to measure the severity of attenuated positive symptoms, called the PSYCHS, has been
recently developed as part of Foundation for the National Institutes of Health-funded Accelerating Medicines
Partnership Schizophrenia observational study. The study is designed to prepare for future clinical trials
supporting drug registration in CHR-P. The PSYCHS harmonizes two existing instruments extensively used in
the field. A letter of intent to pursue qualification of the PSYCHS has been deemed reviewable by the FDA. The
next step is to develop a Qualification Plan. The objective of the current application is to develop a
comprehensive and robust clinical assessment outcome Qualification Plan for the PSYCHS. The current project
will accelerate development of the Qualification Plan by: a) obtaining FDA input through a series of
teleconferences and meetings; b) engaging academic experts, patients, and analytic resources to systematize
current evidence supporting the conceptual suitability of the PSYCHS; and c) conduct preliminary qualitative
studies to help develop the content validity section of the Qualification Plan.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10836892
- **Project number:** 1U01FD008131-01
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Catalina Valerie Mourgues-Codern
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $249,804
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2023-09-15 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10836892

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10836892, DDT-COA-000-163 Accelerating the FDA COA Qualification Plan for the PSYCHS as a ClinRO measure (1U01FD008131-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10836892. Licensed CC0.

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