Integrating the Youth Nominated Support Team (YST) With CBT for Black Youth With Acute Suicide Risk

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Suicide Prevention

• Registration Number: NCT06941311
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

The investigators are modifying and testing the preliminary effectiveness and implementation of the combination of two psychosocial interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP) and the computer-assisted version of the Youth-Nominated Support Team (eYST). This registration will be for Aim 2 and a pilot randomized clinical trial for Aim 3 will be registered separately.

In this phase of the study, CBT-SP+eYST will be tested in an initial open trial (number of youth=6) to examine its feasibility and acceptability. Investigators will recruit Black adolescents that come to an urban emergency department (ED) for suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors to receive the intervention in an outpatient community mental health agency. The study focuses on the acute phase of CBT-SP, which is 12 sessions. Participants will nominate up to 4 caring adults in the participants lives to serve as support persons. These support persons will attend an education/orientation session to learn more about their role and how to support the youth.

Youth will be assessed at baseline, 6 weeks, and 14 weeks. Parents will be assessed at baseline and 14 weeks. Support persons will be assessed at baseline and 14 weeks. Fidelity assessments will be completed by clinicians after each CBT-SP session, after the YST psycho-ed session, and weekly to document contact with the support team.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2025-04-23
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Study Start: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-07
• Primary Completion: 2026-05
• Study Completion: 2026-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults 18 years old and older
• The parent or legal guardian of a youth participating in Aim 2
• Understand written and spoken English
• Willing and able to complete enrollment procedures
• Willing and able to provide signed and dated informed consent

Parent/Guardian

Exclusion Criteria

• Do not understand written and spoken English

Support Person Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults 18 years and older
• Understand written and spoken English
• Approved to serve as a support person by the parent/legal guardian

Support Person Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not understand written and spoken English
• Not approved to serve as a support person by the parent/guardian

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability - percent of eligible youth consented	Baseline	The intervention will be considered acceptable if at least 50% of eligible youth choose to enroll in the study.
Feasibility - Mean number of support people	6 weeks	The intervention will be considered feasible if the mean number of support people per youth is at least 3.
Acceptability - Mean number of support person contacts	14 weeks	The intervention will be considered acceptable if the mean number of support person contacts with youth is at least 7.
Feasibility - Number of CBT-SP sessions attended	14 weeks	Number of CBT-SP sessions attended by youth

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Children's Hospital of Michigan (CHM) Emergency Department; 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States

MiSide; 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States