Caring Contacts Via Text Message for Suicidal Adolescents After Emergency Department Discharge
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Caring Contacts Text Messages.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Suicide Prevention. Basic parameters: 12 years — 17 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Caring Texts for Adolescents to Reduce Suicide Risk
Overview
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if Caring Contacts (brief, hopeful, supportive text messages) can be delivered to adolescents with suicidal thoughts or behaviors after discharge from the emergency department, and to understand if adolescents find it acceptable to receive Caring Contacts. Researchers will also begin to explore how suicidal thoughts and behaviors change over time among participants who receive Caring Contacts along with treatment as usual, compared to participants who only receive treatment as usual. All participants will be invited to answer survey questions when they first enroll in the study and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after their emergency department visit. Some participants will receive Caring Contacts (brief, hopeful, supportive text messages) after their emergency department visit. Some participants will be invited to complete an interview about their experiences receiving Caring Contacts.
Interventions
- Other Caring Contacts Text Messages
Caring Contacts are brief, hopeful, supportive text messages.
Primary outcome measures
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Self-Report Recent [Time frame: Baseline, 1 Month, 3 Months, 6 Months, 12 Months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 12 to <18 years of age
- Present to the emergency department with suicidal thoughts or behaviors as indicated by the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)
- Have a cell phone that can receive text messages
- Proficient in English
- Anticipated disposition of discharge from the emergency department
Exclusion criteria
- In care of the Department of Children and Family Services
- Unable to participate meaningfully in assent, assessments, or the intervention, as determined by the treating clinician, including any of the following: acute or chronic cognitive impairment, acute psychosis, current severe agitation, current alcohol or drug intoxication
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Chicago
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07043764 · 2024-6680 · K23MH135206