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Psilocybin for Depression

Baltimore, Maryland
This trial explores the safety of a single 25mg dose of psilocybin given to adults with depression that hasn't improved with other treatments and who have ongoing suicidal thoughts. Psilocybin works by changing brain cell communication to improve mood and reduce negative thoughts. Psilocybin has shown promise in treating depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions in recent studies.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 65

20 Participants Needed

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a social work led follow up program helps caregivers of youths with suicide risk access mental health resources. Primary aims include: 1. To formalize a mental health follow up protocol that assists youths with engagement of mental health services after a hospital visit. 2. To evaluate and standardize the optimal timing for the follow up phone calls. 3. To assess the proportion of patients with suicide risk who connect with community mental health care within a month after a pediatric emergency department (ED) visit at Johns Hopkins Hospital. 4. To assess the proportion of patients with suicide risk who have repeat ED visits within 3 and 6 months. The primary outcome of interest is the proportion of youths referred to a community provider who successfully connect to community mental health resources 5 to 10 business days after an ED visit. The secondary outcome will involve repeat ED visits within 3 and 6 months.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:8 - 21

400 Participants Needed

The objective of this proposal is to develop and pilot a systems-level strategy in pediatric primary care to enhance identification and management of suicidal ideation and behavior in Latinx youth, particularly those in immigrant families with parents who have limited English proficiency (LEP). The investigators will focus on the use of trained community health workers (CHWs) to increase clinic capacity and quality of suicide risk screening and early intervention, with a focus on safety planning, parent psychoeducation and care coordination. Specific aims are 1: To develop site-specific implementation protocols for the integration of CHWs into SIB screening and safety planning for Latinx youth and the youths families; 2: To pilot the implementation of the program in a six-month open trial in four pediatric primary care practices representing a range of usual practice settings; and 3: To engage a stakeholder network to explore barriers and facilitators, including costs and billing strategies, to implementation of this approach across a broad range of pediatric primary care settings. Parents/guardians of youth who have been referred to and agree to participate in the intervention by the child's primary care provider will participate in a 2-month program consisting of 6-8 phone sessions with a community health worker focusing on safety planning, information/education, program solving and self-care. Research participants will be asked to complete a survey via phone at the beginning of the program and another at the end of the program. The participants may also be asked to participate in an additional interview about the study.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:10 - 100

250 Participants Needed

The proposed K23 study is an intervention study using an experimental therapeutics approach. This pilot RCT asks: "Does SOCIAL-ENGAGE increase cultural-social engagement and decrease suicide risk among Spanish-speaking adults?" We will first optimize a behavioral intervention - SOCIAL ENGAGE (S-ENGAGE) - for target engagement using human-centered design approaches with Spanish-speaking adults at risk for suicide (n=5) and then conduct a pilot RCT (n=60) to test target engagement (cultural-social engagement) and clinical impact (suicide risk) of S-ENGAGE with this population. The ultimate goal is for S-ENGAGE to be offered as a suicide prevention program for Hispanics at risk for suicide.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

65 Participants Needed

The objective of this study is to develop and pilot a program designed to improve mental health outcomes and reduce suicide risk during the transition from military to civilian life. It is hypothesized that the Transition Health and Resilience through Valued Experiences (THRiVE) program, to be developed as part of this study, will meet participant recruitment, retention, and satisfaction benchmarks (primary outcomes) and show positive preliminary effects on mental health symptoms, risk factors for suicidal ideation, and psychosocial functioning outcomes (secondary outcomes). The specific aims of this study are to: 1. Develop a small-group, peer-led, cross-cutting prevention program for newly separated veterans (NSVs) called THRiVE and 2. Evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of the THRiVE program on mental health symptoms, risk factors for suicidal ideation, and psychosocial functioning outcomes. Up to 40 NSVs participating in this Stage 1 pilot study will complete validated self-report measures at baseline, immediately after completing the THRiVE program (post-THRiVE), and 3 months after completing the THRiVE program (follow-up). The duration of a participant's time in the study is anticipated to be 5 months.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

40 Participants Needed

This trial tests a new therapy combining mindfulness and cognitive techniques to help veterans with chronic pain and suicidal thoughts. The therapy aims to reduce pain and improve mood by focusing on the present moment and changing negative thoughts.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting

76 Participants Needed

This trial tests a special type of counseling called MI-SI-R, which helps Veterans who are thinking about suicide find reasons to live. The study involves 470 high-risk Veterans who have had suicidal thoughts or attempts. The goal is to see if this counseling, combined with usual care, reduces suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts more effectively than usual care alone. Motivational interviewing to address suicidal ideation (MI-SI) has been previously tested for its acceptability and effectiveness in reducing suicidal thoughts among hospitalized veterans.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

470 Participants Needed

Adolescence is a developmental period of significant risk for anxiety, depressive symptoms, and suicidality, and the investigators propose to target key peer-based risk and protective factors using Cooperative Learning (CL). CL is a small-group instructional approach that can enhance peer relations and reduce peer-related risks, as well as promote academic engagement and achievement and reduce racial disparities. CL will be delivered with the aid of technology that automates the design and delivery of CL lessons, promoting rapid implementation, scalability, high fidelity, accessibility, and sustainability.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:14 - 65

1200 Participants Needed

Most clinical major depression responds to standard treatments (medication and psychotherapy); however, a significant subset of depressed patients (15-20%) do not respond to these treatments and are referred to as treatment-resistant major depression (TRMD). New treatments for TRMD are needed, and one promising line of research are drugs known as N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor antagonists. In a recent pilot study, the investigators of this study demonstrated that the NMDA antagonist nitrous oxide is effective in TRMD, reducing depressive symptoms, guilt, and suicidal thinking. To more closely investigate suicidal thinking, this study is designed as a double-blind, randomized, prospective, inpatient trial comparing inhaled nitrous oxide (N2O) plus treatment as usual versus inhaled placebo plus treatment as usual. All unipolar depressed, acutely suicidal inpatients will receive standard treatment for their depression/ suicidal thinking (TAU). Additionally, participants will undergo a maximum of four one hour inhalation sessions as inpatients and 2 booster sessions as outpatients during which they will receive either inhaled nitrous oxide (50% nitrous oxide/50% oxygen = active treatment) or placebo gas (50% nitrogen/50% oxygen). A target total of 50 patients with suicidal ideation and unipolar depression will be enrolled, 25 of whom will be assigned to the TAU control group and 25 of whom will be assigned to the N2O + TAU experimental group.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Phase 1
Age:18 - 65

50 Participants Needed

This study looks to conduct a systematic adaptation of Suicidal Teens Accessing Treatment (STAT-ED) for Black youth presenting in the emergency department who have suicide risk. A randomized controlled trial of STAT-ED adapted for Black youth and their caregivers will examine whether patient navigation intervention can increase mental health treatment initiation and number of visits.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:6 - 18

55 Participants Needed

The purpose of this clinical trial is to assess whether 6 months of treatment with Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP) is more effective for reducing thoughts of suicide in suicidal adolescents and young adults than usual care in the community supplemented with Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC). DDP and BIC are two evidence-based practices shown to be more effective than usual care at reducing suicidality. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive DDP treatment with safety planning and optional medication management or BIC treatment with safety planning and optional medication management. Participants in both groups will receive the assigned treatment at SUNY Upstate Medical University's Psychiatry High Risk Program (PHRP). Each participant is anticipated to take part in this trial for up to one year.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:14 - 40

106 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a suicide prevention strategy delivered via telehealth in Emergency Departments. We will compare implementation of the Safety Planning Intervention plus follow-up calls (SPI+) delivered by Emergency Department (ED) staff to SPI+ delivered via ED referral to an off-site Suicide Prevention Consultation Center (SPCC).
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased

2814 Participants Needed

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the I-CARE program in children who are in a medical hospital awaiting inpatient mental health treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the I-CARE program be used at the medical hospitals and do the patients and hospital staff like the program? * Does the I-CARE program lower patients' emotional distress, thoughts about suicide or suicide attempts? Patients will complete as many of the 7 I-CARE videos as possible during their stay at the medical hospital and fill out online surveys. There are workbook activities that go with each I-CARE video. A hospital staff member will help the patient do the videos and workbook activities.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:12 - 17

109 Participants Needed

This trial aims to help older Veterans at risk for suicide by teaching them problem-solving skills and providing safety planning. The goal is to see if this method can better reduce suicidal thoughts and increase reasons for living.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:55+

150 Participants Needed

Investigators will evaluate a group format adaptation of Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Suicide (i.e., G-BCBT) on suicide ideation (Aim 1), ability to use coping strategies (Aim 2), and overall mental health (exploratory analysis). The combination of tailored means safety counseling and training in evidence-based emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility skills delivered via a 12-session group therapy treatment will decrease service members' overall suicide risk. The group format will provide opportunities to learn and practice skills, thereby enhancing self-efficacy. G-BCBT outcomes are expected to be no worse than Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group skills training, an existing gold standard intervention that is twice the length of time as G-BCBT.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

141 Participants Needed

The aim of this study is to determine whether learning three skills for managing negative emotions and receiving reminders via smartphone to practice these skills reduces how often and how intensely one experiences emotional distress and suicidal thoughts.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting

50 Participants Needed

This trial tests a magnetic pulse therapy on adults with severe depression and suicidal thoughts. The therapy targets a specific brain area to change brain communication, aiming to reduce suicidal thoughts and improve mood.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting

100 Participants Needed

This trial tests a device that uses magnetic pulses to help adults with severe depression and suicidal thoughts who haven't improved with standard treatments. The device targets a specific brain area to improve mood and reduce suicidal thoughts. This method has shown promising results as an alternative to other treatments for severe depression.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting

100 Participants Needed

This trial tests whether a shot of ketamine can quickly reduce suicidal thoughts in depressed adults who visit the emergency room. These patients are at high risk of suicide and need fast-acting treatment. Ketamine works by quickly changing brain chemicals to improve mood and reduce suicidal thoughts. It has been found to rapidly reduce depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts, making it a potential fast-acting treatment for suicidality.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 4
Age:18 - 65

90 Participants Needed

The overall goal of this study is to respond to the urgent need for an effective suicide prevention strategy for Black youth by examining the effectiveness of a systems-level strategy to recognize and respond to suicide risk among Black adolescents who present to emergency departments (EDs). The proposed strategy, WeCare, combines combines three components: (1) universal screening using the Computerized Adaptive Screen for Suicidal Youth (CASSY), (2) a brief intervention designed for Black youth with elevated suicide risk in for ED settings, Connections for Safety (CFS), that combines safety planning and strategies to support linkage to outpatient mental health services, and (3) supportive text messages to youth and parent/caregivers for six weeks following the youth's ED visit. Study objectives are (1) to integrate input from multiple stakeholders to inform and facilitate WeCare implementation, and (2) to use a hybrid one effectiveness-implementation design to evaluate its effectiveness.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:12 - 19

2200 Participants Needed

Why Other Patients Applied

"I've tried several different SSRIs over the past 23 years with no luck. Some of these new treatments seem interesting... haven't tried anything like them before. I really hope that one could work."

ZS
Depression PatientAge: 51

"I have dealt with voice and vocal fold issues related to paralysis for over 12 years. This problem has negatively impacted virtually every facet of my life. I am an otherwise healthy 48 year old married father of 3 living. My youngest daughter is 12 and has never heard my real voice. I am now having breathing issues related to the paralysis as well as trouble swallowing some liquids. In my research I have seen some recent trials focused on helping people like me."

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Paralysis PatientAge: 50

"As a healthy volunteer, I like to participate in as many trials as I'm able to. It's a good way to help research and earn money."

IZ
Healthy Volunteer PatientAge: 38

"I've been struggling with ADHD and anxiety since I was 9 years old. I'm currently 30. I really don't like how numb the medications make me feel. And especially now, that I've lost my grandma and my aunt 8 days apart, my anxiety has been even worse. So I'm trying to find something new."

FF
ADHD PatientAge: 31

"I changed my diet in 2020 and I’ve lost 95 pounds from my highest weight (283). I am 5’3”, female, and now 188. I still have a 33 BMI. I've been doing research on alternative approaches to continue my progress, which brought me here to consider clinical trials."

WR
Obesity PatientAge: 58
This trial tests a new talk therapy called Engage & Connect, aimed at middle-aged and older adults who feel socially isolated. The therapy encourages enjoyable social activities to help improve mood and reduce suicidal thoughts by making people feel happier and more connected.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:50 - 80

128 Participants Needed

This trial tests WellPATH-PREVENT, a tablet-based program, to help adults aged 50-90 manage emotions and reduce suicide risk. The program teaches recognizing emotional triggers and changing negative thoughts into positive ones.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:50 - 90

115 Participants Needed

Despite efforts to prevent suicide, US rates are climbing, and suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth. Digital tools, especially personal smartphones, are promising avenues to address these issues and can be used to provide a unique understanding of risk factors, including psychological distress, anhedonia and behavioral withdrawal, and sleep disturbance among high-risk individuals. This project aims to enhance the effectiveness of the delivery of preventative health care to youth at risk for suicide by developing a comprehensive digital platform that allows practitioners to integrate mobile sensing data and HIPAA-compliant client communication tools into their management of these young people.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:13 - 18

200 Participants Needed

This is a research study to find out if childhood trauma and stress are associated with depression or suicidal risk. The study will assess the effects of both short-term and long-term stress on biomarker (e.g. miRNA \[MiRNA\]) levels. miRNAs are a type of RNA (genetic material that is translated into protein) that are found in throughout the body and blood. They are called microRNA because their size is much smaller than typical RNA molecules. miRNAs are highly responsive to environment. This responsiveness is reflected in their expression in individuals who are affected by environment such as stress. The investigators are gathering genetic material, including DNA and RNA, from each participant. The RNA will be taken from the small vesicles and cells in the participant's blood and analyzed. The vesicles are small objects that occur normally in the blood and that contain RNA. This information may help us to understand the cause of mental illness and to improve medical and psychiatric care in the future. There will be 450 participants enrolled in this study.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Age:18 - 60

450 Participants Needed

This trial tests a two-step treatment for adults with severe bipolar depression and suicidal thoughts. It starts with a quick-acting ketamine dose followed by an oral medication to maintain improvement. The goal is to see if this approach is better than using lurasidone alone. Ketamine has been shown to rapidly reduce depressive and suicidal symptoms in both unipolar and bipolar depression.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:18 - 65

72 Participants Needed

This trial aims to help college students with suicidal thoughts or poor body signal awareness understand their body signals and emotions better. The goal is to improve their mental health and reduce harmful behaviors.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 65

200 Participants Needed

The goal of this clinical trial is to treat active suicidal ideation in individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) using ketamine and to understand suicidal ideation by examining biological mechanisms using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and psychological mechanisms through validated clinical scales and qualitative interviews. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Will ketamine will reduce suicidal ideation in a significant proportion of study participants? 2. Will reduction in suicidal ideation will be accompanied by rapid changes in neuroimaging biomarkers? Participants will receive four intravenous (IV) ketamine infusions administered twice weekly for two weeks. Participants will undergo two identical MRI scans: 1) within 48 hours prior to starting ketamine treatment, and 2) 24 hours after the fourth ketamine infusion. Suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms will be assessed prior to each imaging session alongside additional self-report measures. Qualitative interviews will occur within 72 hours after the fourth ketamine treatment.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Age:18 - 65

36 Participants Needed

Advocates for ALLY Youth (ALLY) is a universal, school-based, multicomponent positive psychology program aimed to increase youth's well-being and reduce symptoms of psychological distress including depression, anxiety, and stress.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:9 - 14

1000 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that the anti-depressant and anti-suicidal effects of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist Ketamine is critically dependent on stimulation of Alpha-Amino-3-Hydroxy-5-Methyl-4-Isoxazole Propionic Acid receptors (AMPAR).

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:21 - 65

30 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to advance a non-pharmacologic suicide preventive intervention with wide dissemination potential as an innovative high-yield solution to reduce suicide rates. The investigators aim to achieve this with this study of Brain Emotion Circuitry Self-Monitoring and Regulation Therapy for Daily Rhythms (BE-SMART-DR), that provides self-directed strategies to regularize sleep and other DRs to reduce short-term suicide risk that can be used lifelong to potentially also reduce long-term suicide risk.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Age:16 - 29

128 Participants Needed

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Suicidal Thoughts clinical trials pay?

Each trial will compensate patients a different amount, but $50-100 for each visit is a fairly common range for Phase 2–4 trials (Phase 1 trials often pay substantially more). Further, most trials will cover the costs of a travel to-and-from the clinic.

How do Suicidal Thoughts clinical trials work?

After a researcher reviews your profile, they may choose to invite you in to a screening appointment, where they'll determine if you meet 100% of the eligibility requirements. If you do, you'll be sorted into one of the treatment groups, and receive your study drug. For some trials, there is a chance you'll receive a placebo. Across Suicidal Thoughts trials 30% of clinical trials have a placebo. Typically, you'll be required to check-in with the clinic every month or so. The average trial length for Suicidal Thoughts is 12 months.

How do I participate in a study as a "healthy volunteer"?

Not all studies recruit healthy volunteers: usually, Phase 1 studies do. Participating as a healthy volunteer means you will go to a research facility several times over a few days or weeks to receive a dose of either the test treatment or a "placebo," which is a harmless substance that helps researchers compare results. You will have routine tests during these visits, and you'll be compensated for your time and travel, with the number of appointments and details varying by study.

What does the "phase" of a clinical trial mean?

The phase of a trial reveals what stage the drug is in to get approval for a specific condition. Phase 1 trials are the trials to collect safety data in humans. Phase 2 trials are those where the drug has some data showing safety in humans, but where further human data is needed on drug effectiveness. Phase 3 trials are in the final step before approval. The drug already has data showing both safety and effectiveness. As a general rule, Phase 3 trials are more promising than Phase 2, and Phase 2 trials are more promising than phase 1.

Do I need to be insured to participate in a Suicidal Thoughts medical study?

Clinical trials are almost always free to participants, and so do not require insurance. The only exception here are trials focused on cancer, because only a small part of the typical treatment plan is actually experimental. For these cancer trials, participants typically need insurance to cover all the non-experimental components.

What are the newest Suicidal Thoughts clinical trials?

Most recently, we added Nitrous Oxide for Acute Suicidality, Qnnections for Suicidal Ideation and PRECISE for Suicide Prevention to the Power online platform.

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