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NCT number NCT06151158
Other study ID # IRB00408733
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date July 15, 2024
Est. completion date June 30, 2028

Study information

Verified date June 2024
Source Johns Hopkins University
Contact Holly C Wilcox, PhD
Phone 4103700081
Email hwilcox1@jhmi.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study will compare the effectiveness of two relatively brief and scalable evidence-based interventions: the Stanley Brown Safety Planning Intervention and Follow-up Contacts (SPI+), a suicide-specific intervention that helps people prevent suicidal crises from escalating, and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents Ultra Short Crisis Intervention (IPT-A SCI), a psychotherapeutic crisis intervention treatment for suicidal adolescents that teaches youth skills to prevent suicidal crises and addresses interpersonal problems that lead to suicidal crises. The results will inform the future standard of care for youth at risk for suicide presenting in the ED setting. This project focuses on suicidal youth ages 12-19 in three ethnically and racially diverse urban areas: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and upper Manhattan/lower Bronx in New York City.


Description:

Emergency department (ED) visits for suicide-related concerns have been increasing in youth over the past decade, a trend potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, youth suicidal thoughts and attempts have increased with the 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) finding that 18.8 percent of high school students have seriously considered suicide and 8.9 percent had attempted suicide in the past year. Furthermore, suicide rates are increasing more rapidly in Latino/Latina, Black, and multiracial youth, especially Black youth as compared to White youth. Similar increases in suicide risk are seen in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexually minority (LGBTQ+) youth. This project focuses on suicidal youth ages 12-19 in three ethnically and racially diverse urban areas: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and upper Manhattan/lower Bronx in New York City. There is limited evidence about which interventions are most helpful for suicidal youth in acute care settings such as EDs. Interventions like safety planning (Safety Planning Intervention with follow-up contacts) are delivered primarily in ED settings while others like Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents Ultra Short Crisis Intervention (IPT-A SCI) are provided primarily in outpatient settings. Furthermore, safety planning focuses on deescalating suicidal crises when beginning to occur, while IPT-A SCI focuses on developing skills to prevent crises from occurring. While both approaches have an evidence base, it is not yet known which one is more effective and acceptable in a diverse youth population. Determining which intervention is more effective has implications for dissemination and resource allocation to EDs or outpatient settings. The research team includes a group of ethnically and racially diverse partners and advisors, advocates, researchers, ED physicians, nurses, and social workers, some of whom have lived experience of suicide attempts and suicide loss. This team has provided feedback about crucial elements of this proposal, e.g., recruitment, intervention approaches, and follow-up approaches and will continue active involvement in all stages of this project. The study will compare the effectiveness of two relatively brief and scalable evidence-based interventions: the SPI+, a suicide-specific intervention that helps people prevent suicidal crises from escalating, and IPT-A SCI, a psychotherapeutic crisis intervention treatment for suicidal adolescents that teaches youth skills to prevent suicidal crises and addresses interpersonal problems that lead to suicidal crises. The results will inform the future standard of care for youth at risk for suicide presenting in the ED setting.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 1000
Est. completion date June 30, 2028
Est. primary completion date June 30, 2028
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 12 Years to 19 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Acute care visit for suicide-related concern or screen positive on a suicide risk screener (serious SI as indicated by a C-SSRS screening endorsing question two "Have you actually had any thoughts of killing yourself?" in past four weeks or SA in past four weeks); - Has a cell phone with ability to receive phone calls and text messages over the 12-month follow-up; - Ability to speak, understand, and read in English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: - Significant cognitive or developmental delays that prevent understanding or using SPI or IPT-A SCI. Participants must be verbally fluent and have the ability to communicate verbally. This will, in part, be determined by notes in Epic and/or by asking one of the patient's parents/clinicians; - Altered mental status that precludes ability to provide informed assent or consent (acute psychosis, intoxication, or mania); - Unable to provide informed consent (adults); assent (minors); permission (parents/caregivers).

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Stanley Brown Safety Planning Intervention and Follow-up Contacts (SPI+)
Stanley Brown Safety Planning completed in the emergency department with 3 follow-up contacts after discharge
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents Ultra Short Crisis Intervention (IPT-A SCI)
Five session crisis focused version of IPT for adolescents.

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (7)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Johns Hopkins University Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Reichman University, Israel, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

References & Publications (2)

Haruvi Catalan L, Levis Frenk M, Adini Spigelman E, Engelberg Y, Barzilay S, Mufson L, Apter A, Benaroya Milshtein N, Fennig S, Klomek AB. Ultra-Brief Crisis IPT-A Based Intervention for Suicidal Children and Adolescents (IPT-A-SCI) Pilot Study Results. F — View Citation

Stanley B, Brown GK, Brenner LA, Galfalvy HC, Currier GW, Knox KL, Chaudhury SR, Bush AL, Green KL. Comparison of the Safety Planning Intervention With Follow-up vs Usual Care of Suicidal Patients Treated in the Emergency Department. JAMA Psychiatry. 2018 — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change in Suicidal ideation as assessed by the Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) with Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Recent Suicidal thoughts: measured using the Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) with Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Recent. Scores for suicidal ideation range from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating more serious suicidal ideation, where 0 = "no suicidal thoughts"; 1= "wish to be dead"; 2 = "nonspecific active suicidal thoughts"; 3 = "suicidal thoughts with methods"; 4 = "suicidal intent"; and 5 = "suicidal intent with plan". baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Primary Change in Suicidal behavior as assessed by the Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) with Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Recent Suicidal behavior with intent to die: measured using the Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) with Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Recent. Scored 0 to 1, with 1 indicating a suicide attempt since last assessment. baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Primary Number of Suicides Measured through Death Records or Suicide from Office of Chief Medical Examiner, family report or medical record 12 months
Secondary Change in Frequency of mental health service utilization as assessed by Services Assessment for Children and Adolescents (SACA) Services Assessment for Children and Adolescents (SACA) use of inpatient, outpatient, school services since last assessment. Items are dichotomous (yes/no) and the scale ranges from 0 (no services) to 3 (3 types of services), higher numbers indicate more services. baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in Self reported Quality of Life as assessed by the Euro-Qol 5-Dimension 3-level tool (EQ-5D-3L) Euro-Qol 5-Dimension 3-level tool (EQ-5D-3L) for young adults. The scale consists of a descriptive system that comprises five items referring to the domains mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression scored as presenting no problems, moderate problems or severe problems. Each of the five items (range 0-2) with higher scores indicating better quality of life. A component of this scale is the EuroQol visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) which participants can use a number from 0 (the worst) -100 (the best health state imaginable). baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in Self reported Quality of Life as assessed by the Euro-Qol 5-Dimension Youth (EQ-5D-Y) Quality of Life will be assessed by the Euro-Qol 5-Dimension Youth (EQ-5D-Y). The scale consists of a descriptive system that comprises five items referring to the domains mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression scored as presenting no problems, moderate problems or severe problems. Each of the five items (range 0-2) with higher scores indicating better quality of life. A component of this scale is the EuroQol visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) which participants can use a number from 0 (the worst) -100 (the best health state imaginable). baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder as assessed by the The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 question scale (GAD-7). Generalized Anxiety Disorder will be assessed by the GAD 7 question scale. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 is a self-reported questionnaire for screening and severity measuring of generalized anxiety disorder. The GAD-7 total score ranges from 0 to 21 with clinical categorizations of anxiety levels as follows: GAD-7 score of 0-4 (none), 5-9 (mild), 10-14 (moderate), and 15-21 (severe). baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in Depression severity as assessed by the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire is a depressive symptom scale and diagnostic tool that assesses the presence and severity of depressive symptoms and a possible depressive disorder. The PHQ-9 total score ranges from 0 to 27 (scores of 5-9 are classified as mild depression; 10-14 as moderate depression; 15-19 as moderately severe depression; = 20 as severe depression). baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in conflicts with family members as assessed by the Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ). The Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ) reliably assesses the adolescent's perception of their relationship with their parents. The CBQ total score ranges from 0-20, with higher scores indicating greater conflict with each parent. baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in social interactions with peers as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Peer Relationships scale. The PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) scale assesses social interactions with peers. The Pediatric Peer Relationships scale has a possible score between 1 and 40, with higher scores indicating greater social interactions with peers. baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in social interactions with family as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Family Relationships scale. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) scale assesses social interactions with family. The Pediatric Family Relationships scale has a possible score between 1 and 40, with higher scores indicating greater social interactions with family. baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in skill use derived from the Stanley Brown Safety Planning Intervention and Follow-up Contacts (SPI+) arm Project-created a self-report of Stanley Brown Safety Planning Intervention and Follow-up Contacts (SPI+) skill use during follow-up, indicating feasibility/acceptability of SPI, helpfulness of different skills/sections of the safety plan, and frequency of use for different skills/sections of the safety plan. 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Secondary Change in skill use derived from the Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents Ultra Short Crisis Intervention (IPT-A SCI) arm Project created a self-report of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents Ultra Short Crisis Intervention (IPT-A SCI) skill use during follow-up indicating which components adolescents have used. The self-report survey scoring will be a summation and then taking an average of the sum to be the score. Higher scores closer to 5 indicate adolescents learned a lot of from the intervention, and the lower scores indicate adolescents learned few skills. 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
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