A clinical trial that could cure some people diagnosed schizophrenic - Houston, Tx

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Edit: this study says they are not testing any drugs. They are just testing people for these antibodies. Presumably if you were positive you would then persue treatment.

This would suggest it’s not very common:

Seroprevalence survey of selective anti-neuronal autoantibodies in patients with first-episode schizophrenia and chronic schizophrenia

Abstract Autoimmune encephalopathy caused by autoantibodies against neuronal cell-surface proteins in the brain is a newly discovered disease category associated with psychiatric disorders. Correct diagnosis of this condition relies on the detection of specific autoantibodies in the blood or cerebral spinal fluid in addition to the clinical presentations. The study aimed to understand the seroprevalence of selective anti-neuronal autoantibodies in our patients with schizophrenia. First, we screened for six anti-neuronal autoantibodies in an archived blood sample collected from patients with the first-episode schizophrenia. The six autoantibodies including antibodies against N-methyl-d-aspar…

Although there are trials on clinicaltrials.gov testing Tocilizumab in people with high c reactive protein which isn’t quite the same thing but it is an immuno therapy.