JPRN‐UMIN000013746.

Trial name or title	Effects study of yoga therapy on the association of mental illness with metabolic disorders
Methods	Allocation: randomised. Blinding: no details given. Duration: no details given. Design: parallel.
Participants	Setting: Toyko Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital Diagnosis: schizophrenia (DSM‐IV). History: no details given. N = 60 (target sample size). Age: 18 to 65 years. Sex: males and females. Inclusion criteria: males and females between 18 and 65 years diagnosed with schizophrenia according to DSM‐IV, patients with consent capacity. Exclusion criteria: patients with diabetes, renal failure, pervasive development disorders, mental retardation.
Interventions	1. Yoga therapy: (no further details given). 2. 'A simple exercise': (no further details given).
Outcomes	Oxidative‐stress markers (no further outcomes listed).
Starting date	5 December 2014.
Contact information	Masanari Itokawa (itokawa‐ms@igakuken.or.jp), Hiromi Idozawa (Chiken‐psy@tmhp.jp)
Notes	Contacted for study information 16.02.16 & 22.06.18: no reply.