NCT02958007.

Trial name or title	Peer support for exercise in older veterans with psychotic disorders
Methods	Allocation: randomised Blindness: blinding of outcomes assessor Duration: 12 weeks Location: US
Participants	Diagnosis: psychotic disorder n = not stated Age: ≥ 50 years Sex: both History: not stated Exclusion criteria: current participation in a supervised exercise programme; medical conditions which would preclude exercise participation including: unstable angina, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, open wounds poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (HbA1c > 9%), current treatment for active cancer, New York Heart Association Stage II–IV heart failure, dialysis for chronic kidney disease, myocardial infarction in the previous 3 months; inability to complete the Graded Exercise Treadmill Test; positive cardiac stress test, unless symptomatic coronary artery disease is ruled out by imaging studies; problematic substance abuse/dependence; imminent risk of suicidal or homicidal behaviour; lack of capacity to consent.
Interventions	Group 1: PEER: 24‐week group‐based peer coaching intervention delivered by a VA peer specialist, to promote participation in a supervised fitness training programme and general physical activity. Group 2: enhanced supervised fitness training: 24‐week intervention to promote participation in a supervised fitness training programme and general physical activity, which includes individual support from non‐peer staff.
Outcomes	Primary outcomes Percent of participants randomised to PEER who attend ≥ 3 group sessions Percent of sampled PEER group sessions in which the peer coaches were adequately adherent (i.e. mean score equal to 'acceptable' and no items scored as 'unacceptable') on the PEER fidelity measure Attendance: mean number of supervised fitness training sessions attended Change from baseline in Ambulatory Physical Activity Change from baseline in maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max)
Starting date	June 2018
Contact information	Anjana.Muralidharan2@va.gov
Notes	Not yet recruiting