RECRUITING

Randomized Clinical Trial of Re-Evaluating Suicidal Thoughts in Veterans

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

Suicide prevention is a top priority for VA as all continue to seek new and inventive ways to reduce suicide rates among Veterans. Many experts agree that suicide prevention efforts could be improved by making suicide-specific interventions easier to access. The current project aims to move toward that goal by testing a web-based suicide prevention intervention using an experimental design. The roughly 40-minute intervention aims to teach Veterans coping skills that are designed to ease the emotional distress that often comes with thoughts of suicide. The project will evaluate whether Veterans who receive this intervention report more improvement in suicidal thoughts and behaviors than Veterans who receive a standard course of health care visits. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be measured over the course of one month. The investigators hypothesize that Veterans who receive the intervention will report lower suicidal thoughts and behaviors than those who receive the standard course of health care.

Official Title

Effects of a Targeted Web-Based Suicide Prevention Intervention on Suicidal Ideation and Self-Directed Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Veterans

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-01-08
Study Completion:2027-06-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05884476

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Veteran
  2. * 18 years or older
  3. * Past two-week suicidal ideation as indicated by positive reply to C-SSRS questions ("Have you had any actual thoughts of killing yourself," or, "Have you been thinking about how you might do this?")
  1. * Active psychosis
  2. * Unmedicated bipolar disorder
  3. * Instances in which a substance use disorder would indicate inpatient detoxification prior to engaging in other outpatient mental health interventions

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Joseph W Boffa, PhD
CONTACT
(504) 507-2000
joseph.boffa@va.gov

Principal Investigator

Joseph W Boffa, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA

Study Locations (Sites)

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

  • Joseph W Boffa, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-01-08
Study Completion Date2027-06-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-01-08
Study Completion Date2027-06-30

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide, Attempted

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide, Attempted