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MATRICS™ Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB™)

Author(s): Keith H. Nuechterlein and Michael F. Green

At a Glance:

Administration: Approximately 60-90 minutes
Individual
Scores: T scores
Percentiles
Qualification level: C-Level
Ages / Grades: Adult
Elder Adult
Forms: Includes materials for 25 administrations; MCCB Retest Packet includes the materials needed for 25 additional administrations; please refer to Details

Product Summary

Overview

Measure cognition in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and related disorders

The MCCB aids in determining effectiveness of medication in schizophrenia. Cognitive deficits, including impairments in such areas as memory, attention, and executive function, are a major determinant and predictor of long-term disability in schizophrenia. Unfortunately, available antipsychotic medications are relatively ineffective for improving cognition. Scientific discoveries during the past decade suggest that there may be opportunities for developing medications that will be effective for improving cognition in schizophrenia. To aid in that process, the MATRICS (Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia) Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) has been developed to help researchers and clinicians measure cognition in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and related disorders.

Features & Benefits

The MCCB is the result of a unique broad-based consensus process that included the academic community, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the pharmaceutical industry.

It assesses the key separable cognitive deficits of schizophrenia, using tests that experts selected as best suited for this purpose
Standardized battery with co-norming of 10 component tests, the MCCB exhibits high test-retest reliability and has high utility as a repeated measure
The MCCB has a demonstrated relationship to functional outcome and high tolerability by respondents
The MCCB provides convenient administration, scoring and conversion to standardized scores, and creation of a computer data file of summary scores

The MCCB Manual contains information about the development, reliability and validity, standardization, administration, and scoring of the battery. The MCCB Administrator’s Form is to be used by test administrators to record results for one respondent. In some cases (for HVLT-R™ and NAB® Mazes), there is a separate booklet or form to use, which then gets attached to the MCCB Administrator’s Form.

For three of the tests in the battery, the respondent marks in the MCCB Respondent’s Booklet. For one test (CPT-IP), the responses are made via a computer program. For all the other tests, administrators record the responses.

Areas of Assessment

The MCCB is a standardized battery that is intended for use with adults with schizophrenia and related disorders. It consists of 10 individually administered tests to measure cognitive performance in the following seven domains: Speed of Processing, Attention/Vigilance, Working Memory, Verbal Learning, Visual Learning, Reasoning and Problem Solving, and Social Cognition.

Provides a relatively brief evaluation of key cognitive domains that are relevant to schizophrenia and related disorders
As an outcome measure for clinical trials of cognition–enhancing drugs for schizophrenia
As an outcome measure for studies of cognitive remediation
As a sensitive measure of cognitive change in other repeated testing applications
As a cognitive reference point for non-intervention studies of schizophrenia and other severe psychiatric disorders

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MCCB - Products

MCCB Kit

MCCB - Accessories

MCCB Retest Packet

Details & Pricing

Products

MATRICS™ Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB™)

Qty	Code	Name	Price
	015-8506-391	MCCB Kit - Includes 1 MCCB Manual, 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 2 Software Disks in plastic sleeves (one with the CPT-IP and the second with the MSCEIT and MCCB Scoring Programs), 1 Scoring Template for the BACS Symbol Coding Task, 1 WMS-III Spatial Span Board, 25 HVLT-R Recall Stimulus Booklet, 25 Executive Functions Module Response Booklets-Form 1, and 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms-Form 1, in a MCCB box	$1,299.00

Accessories

MCCB Retest Packet

Qty	Code	Name	Price
	015-8506-405	MCCB Retest Packet – Additional Administrations (1,1) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklet, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 1, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 1, and 25 HVLT-R Form 1 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-413	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (2,1) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 2, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 2, and 25 HVLT-R Form 1 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-421	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (1,3) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 1, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 1, and 25 HVLT-R Form 3 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-43X	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (2,3) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 2, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 2, and 25 HVLT-R Form 3 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-448	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (1,4) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 1, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 1, and 25 HVLT-R Form 4 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-456	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (2,4) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 2, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 2, and 25 HVLT-R Form 4 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-464	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (1,5) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 1, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 1, and 25 HVLT-R Form 5 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-472	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (2,5) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 2, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 2, and 25 HVLT-R Form 5 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-480	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (1,6) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 1, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 1, and 25 HVLT-R Form 6 Test Booklets	$499.00
	015-8506-499	MCCB Retest Packet – Alternate Form (2,6) - Includes 25 MCCB Administrator’s Forms, 25 MCCB Respondent’s Booklets, 25 NAB Executive Functions Module Response Booklets – Form 2, 25 NAB Mazes Test Record Forms – Form 2, and 25 HVLT-R Form 6 Test Booklets	$499.00