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Follow-up care for Suicide Attempt (TASCS Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Celine Larkin, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 3 months
Awards & highlights

TASCS Trial Summary

This trial will test a new intervention designed to help emergency departments more easily implement an evidence-based suicide prevention intervention.

Eligible Conditions
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Suicide

TASCS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~3 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Suicidal ideation (binary, ordinal)
Suicide attempt (binary)
Secondary outcome measures
Behavioral activation (continuous)
Perceived social support (continuous)
Suicide-related impulse control (continuous)

TASCS Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: In-person TASCSExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
This intervention is designed to assess the TASCS app administered via an in-person clinician in the ED, with follow-up telephone calls by a clinician
Group II: Telehealth TASCSActive Control2 Interventions
This comparison condition is designed to assess the telehealth modality of TASCS in the ED (in contrast to in-person clinician modality), with follow-up telephone calls by a clinician
Group III: Self-administered TASCSActive Control2 Interventions
This comparison condition is designed to assess the self-administered modality of TASCS (in contrast to clinician modality), with follow-up telephone calls by a clinician
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Follow-up care
2022
N/A
~50
In-person TASCS
2022
N/A
~50

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Massachusetts, WorcesterLead Sponsor
343 Previous Clinical Trials
986,563 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Suicide Attempt
28,578 Patients Enrolled for Suicide Attempt
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteOTHER
16 Previous Clinical Trials
29,832 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Suicide Attempt
28,578 Patients Enrolled for Suicide Attempt
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)NIH
2,784 Previous Clinical Trials
2,689,228 Total Patients Enrolled
5 Trials studying Suicide Attempt
28,921 Patients Enrolled for Suicide Attempt

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is this research recruiting individuals at the moment?

"This research endeavour is not currently enrolling patients. The project was first announced on February 1st, 2022 and its last update occured on September 14th of the same year. Although this trial isn't actively recruiting participants, there are 169 other trials that require volunteers right now."

Answered by AI
~15 spots leftby Apr 2025