Open Clinical Trials for Veterans With Suicidal Ideation
Providing access to clinical trials for veteran patients can be a challenge, but a significant number of trials are now recruiting patients from those patient populations. The VA Office of Research and Development alone sponsors or cosponsors > 1000 trials. The clinical trials listed below are all open as of September 27, 2019 and are focused exclusively on suicide among US veterans. For additional information and full inclusion/exclusion criteria, please consult clinicaltrials.gov.
Using Telehealth to Improve Outcomes in Veterans at Risk for Suicide
The investigators will randomize 120 veterans in this 3-site trial over 16 months. Eligible veterans will include those to be discharged for a hospitalization for suicidal ideation. Baseline data collection and randomization will occur at discharge. The 3-month intervention will have study assessments at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks postdischarge. The study’s primary outcome measure is suicidal ideation (measured with the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSS) and secondarily with the Columbia Scale for Suicidality (C-SSRS).
ID: NCT03724370
Sponsor: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Contact: Gretchen Haas, PhD, gretchen.haas@va.gov; Crystal Spotts, MEd, crystal.spotts@va.gov
Locations: James J. Peters Medical Center, Bronx, New York; VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, Manhattan Campus; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pennsylvania
Group (“Project Life Force”) vs. Individual Suicide Safety Planning RCT
The management of suicide risk is a pressing national public health issue especially among veterans. This grant consists of 2 arms: the novel treatment and treatment-as-usual. “Project Life Force” (PLF), a novel suicide safety planning group intervention has been developed to provide a mechanism to develop and enhance the Suicide Safety Plan (SSP) over time. PLF, a 10-session, group intervention, combines cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)/dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skill-based, and psychoeducational approaches, to maximize suicide safety planning development and implementation. Veterans revise their plans over several weeks while learning coping, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills to incorporate into their safety plans.
ID: NCT03653637
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Contact: Sarah R Sullivan, sarah.sullivan@va.gov
Locations: James J. Peters Medical Center, Bronx, New York; Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
SAFER: A Brief Intervention Involving Family Members in Suicide Safety Planning (SAFER)
The management of suicide risk is a pressing national public health issue especially among veterans, and there exist no guidelines of how best to involve family members in this effort. This proposal will integrate family and couples communication skills training with suicide safety planning. The goal is for the sharing of veteran suicide safety plans with family members and the construction of a parallel family member safety plan, in efforts to mobilize and support family involvement.
ID: NCT03034863
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Contact: Marianne Goodman, MD, marianne.goodman@va.gov
Contact: Sarah R Sullivan, sarah.sullivan@va.gov
Location: James J. Peters Medical Center, Bronx, New York
