Digital Intervention for Suicide Prevention
Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?
Despite efforts to prevent suicide, US rates are climbing, and suicide is the second leading cause of death amongst youth. Digital tools, especially personal smartphones, are promising avenues to address these issues and can be used to increase engagement with effective interventions such as suicide safety planning. The BRITE suicide safety planning app was developed on evidence-based principles and has undergone rigorous formative development and effectiveness evaluations. However, to optimize its functionality, commercial viability, and scale its implementation, issues related to user engagement need to be addressed. This 4-week Micro-Randomized Trial (MRT) will optimize specific components of ViraBrite, an augmented version of the BRITE suicide safety planning app that integrates automated algorithms (i.e., just in time adaptive intervention features) to facilitate increased engagement with coping skills and pushes safety planning materials to users at periods of high risk (i.e., increases in emotional distress).
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for adolescents struggling with mental health issues, including thoughts of suicide or anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure). Participants should be comfortable using a smartphone app designed to help with suicide safety planning. There are specific inclusion and exclusion criteria not detailed here.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Treatment
Participants engage with the ViraBrite app, receiving daily nudges to utilize coping and suicide safety planning skills
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for safety and effectiveness after treatment
Treatment Details
Interventions
- ViraBrite
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Ksana Health
Lead Sponsor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Collaborator
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborator