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Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Protocol for Suicide Risk (SOS Trial)

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Led By Edwin D Boudreaux, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Patients >12 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 6 months after the index ed visit

Awards & highlights

SOS Trial Summary

This trial will investigate whether a standardized protocol for suicide prevention, implemented across different care settings, clinical units, and populations, can improve outcomes for patients at risk for suicide.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for individuals over the age of 12 who may be at risk of suicide. It's not open to prisoners or those under 12 years old, nor adults who are unable to give consent.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The SOS trial tests a system that includes suicide risk screening, safety planning, and care transition facilitation using Lean Implementation Strategy. The goal is to standardize protocols across various clinical settings and measure outcomes like suicide attempts and emergencies.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves behavioral interventions rather than medications, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, participants might experience emotional discomfort during the process.

SOS Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am older than 12 years.

SOS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 6 months after the index ed visit

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~6 months after the index ed visit

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months after the index ed visit for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Care transition facilitation

Means restriction counseling

Safety planning

+3 more

SOS Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment4 Interventions

The intervention targets will be the following suicide-related clinician behaviors. suicide risk screening safety planning means restriction counseling Post-acute care follow-up calls A Lean Implementation Strategy: The Implementation of the intervention targets guided by Lean; is expected to increase suicide-related clinician behaviors

Group II: No InterventionActive Control1 Intervention

Baseline Retrospective Chart Reviews that are conducted on subjects for the one year period prior to the implementation of the study will serve as the control.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Suicide Risk Screening

2016

N/A

~493760

Safety Planning

2019

N/A

~508100

Care transition facilitation

2016

N/A

~493760

A Lean Implementation Strategy

2016

N/A

~508010

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Massachusetts, WorcesterLead Sponsor

342 Previous Clinical Trials

482,854 Total Patients Enrolled

7 Trials studying Suicide

88,737 Patients Enrolled for Suicide

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)NIH

2,782 Previous Clinical Trials

2,195,351 Total Patients Enrolled

112 Trials studying Suicide

663,063 Patients Enrolled for Suicide

Edwin D Boudreaux, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Massachusetts, Worcester

5 Previous Clinical Trials

43,233 Total Patients Enrolled

3 Trials studying Suicide

42,828 Patients Enrolled for Suicide

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is there currently an enrollment period for this clinical trial?

"Clinicaltrials.gov indicates that, while this medical trial was initially posted on October 1st 2016, it is no longer enrolling participants. Despite the conclusion of recruitment for this experiment, there are still 168 other active studies searching for patients at present."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

A System of Safety (SOS)

Edwin Boudreaux 2016. "A System of Safety (SOS)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03104504.