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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin open2024

Kenya Psychosis-Risk Outcomes Study (KePROS): Development of an Accelerated Medicine Partnership Schizophrenia-Aligned Project in Africa.

Daniel Mamah, Victoria Mutiso, Christine Musyimi, Michael P Harms, Andrey P Anokhin, ShingShiun Chen, John Torous, Levi Muyela, Jerome Nashed, Yazen Al-Hosni and 6 more

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Real-world comprehensive care of people living with schizophrenia: recommendations across different settings and clinical stages.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Daniel MamahDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Victoria MutisoAfrican Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya.
Christine MusyimiAfrican Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya.
Michael P HarmsDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Andrey P AnokhinDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
ShingShiun ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
John TorousDepartment of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-7937
Levi MuyelaAfrican Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya.
Jerome NashedDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Yazen Al-HosniDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Arthur OderaAfrican Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya.
Alaina YarberDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Semyon GolosheykinDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Masoomeh FaghankhaniDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Megan SneedDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
David M NdeteiAfrican Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya.

Funding

Clinical and Biomarker-Based Trajectories of Psychosis-Risk Populations in KenyaR01MH127571 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MAMAH, DANIEL · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH127571
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Hypothesis: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia (AMP SCZ) funds a longitudinal study of 43 research sites across 5 continents to develop tools to stratify developmental trajectories of youth at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) and identify homogenous targets for future clinical trials. However, there are no sites in Africa, leaving a critical gap in our knowledge of clinical and biological outcomes among CHR individuals. Study Design: We describe the development of the Kenya Psychosis-Risk Outcomes Study (KePROS), a 5-year NIH-funded project in Kenya designed to harmonize with AMP SCZ. The study will recruit over 100 CHR and 50 healthy participants and conduct multiple clinical and biomarker assessments over 2 years. Capacity building is a key component of the study, including the construction of an electroencephalography (EEG) laboratory and the upgrading of a local 3 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. We detail community recruitment, study methodologies and protocols, and unique challenges with this pioneering research in Africa. Study Results: This paper is descriptive only. Planned future analyses will investigate possible predictors of clinical outcomes and will be compared to results from other global populations. Conclusions: KePROS will provide the research community with a rich longitudinal clinical and biomarker dataset from an African country in the developing Global South, which can be used alongside AMP SCZ data to delineate CHR outcome groups for future treatment development. Training in mental health assessment and investment in cutting-edge biomarker assessment and other technologies is needed to facilitate the inclusion of African countries in large-scale research consortia.

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AMP SCZCHRclinical high riskEEGKenyaKePROSMRIpsychosisschizophrenia

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PMID39144113
PMCPMC11207935

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