Brief New Treatment for Suicide Attempts

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Drug Use; Suicide, Attempted; Alcohol; Use, Problem
• Interventions: Behavioral: Brief intervention to prevent suicide attempt; Behavioral: Enhanced treatment as usual

• Registration Number: NCT03300596
• Lead Sponsor: University of Rochester

Brief Summary

Individuals with alcohol or drug use problems who are hospitalized for suicide attempt are at high risk for reattempt. This treatment development study adapts a promising outpatient intervention to prevent suicide reattempt in order to administer it during hospitalization to individuals with alcohol and drug use problems, and to test the adapted intervention in a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-09-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-28
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-03
• Study Start: 2018-03-12
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-15
• Study Completion: 2020-09-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• suicide attempt within one week of hospitalization with acknowledgment of some intent to die using a standard item
• problematic alcohol or drug use as determined by score >8 on Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, AUDIT or >3 on the 10-item version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test, DAST-10
• admission to hospital
• residence within 40 miles of Strong Memorial Hospital

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Exclusion Criteria

• under age 18
• treated in ED, CPEP, or observation unit only
• unable to communicate with the researcher in English
• unable to comprehend the nature of the study
• participation untenable from a medical (e.g., intubated), psychiatric (e.g., florid psychosis), or behavioral (e.g., refusing to speak with staff) standpoint
• short hospital length of stay, ruling out administering three sessions of the therapy prior to discharge

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
brief intervention to prevent suicide attempt	Brief intervention to prevent suicide attempt	Individuals presenting to hospital following a suicide attempt who are age 18-plus and screen positive for alcohol or drug use problem
standard of care	Enhanced treatment as usual	Individuals presenting to hospital following a suicide attempt who are age 18-plus and screen positive for alcohol or drug use problem

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
suicide reattempt	6 months	number who reattempt suicide

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Rochester Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Rochester, New York, United States