Trial Outcomes & Findings for Suicide Prevention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (Case Series) (NCT NCT04757649)

NCT ID: NCT04757649

Last Updated: 2024-01-29

Results Overview

Assess thwarted belongingness (9 items on 7-point scales; scores range from 9 to 63 with higher scores indicating greater thwarted belongingness)

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

9 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Cohen's d effect size as change from baseline thwarted belongingness scores at 3 months (0.00-0.49 small effect; 0.50-0.79 medium effect; 0.80-1.00 large effect)

Results posted on

2024-01-29

Participant Flow

May 2021 through July 2021; San Diego County.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
Overall Study
STARTED
9
Overall Study
COMPLETED
7
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
2

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
Overall Study
Withdrawal by Subject
1
Overall Study
Adverse Event
1

Baseline Characteristics

Suicide Prevention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (Case Series)

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
n=9 Participants
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
7 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Male
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Female
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Trans Man
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Trans Woman
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Non-Binary
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Genderqueer
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Gender Non-Conforming
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Gender Fluid
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Agender
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Gender Identity · Other Gender
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
6 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
9 participants
n=5 Participants
Sexual Orientation
Gay/Lesbian
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual
5 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sexual Orientation
Straight/Heterosexual
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sexual Orientation
Pansexual
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sexual Orientation
Asexual
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sexual Orientation
Questioning/I don't know
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sexual Orientation
Other Sexual Orientation
0 Participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Cohen's d effect size as change from baseline thwarted belongingness scores at 3 months (0.00-0.49 small effect; 0.50-0.79 medium effect; 0.80-1.00 large effect)

Assess thwarted belongingness (9 items on 7-point scales; scores range from 9 to 63 with higher scores indicating greater thwarted belongingness)

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
n=7 Participants
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
The Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire-15 (INQ-15) - Thwarted Belongingness
-0.29 Cohen's d effect size
Interval -1.42 to 0.85

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Cohen's d effect size as change from baseline suicide-related internal coping scores at 3 months (0.00-0.49 small effect; 0.50-0.79 medium effect; 0.80-1.00 large effect)

Assess suicide-related internal coping skills (7 items on 5-point scales; scores range from 0 to 28 with higher scores indicating better internal coping)

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
n=7 Participants
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
Suicide-Related Coping Scale (SRCS) - Internal Coping Skills
0.67 Cohen's d effect size
Interval -0.5 to 1.83

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Cohen's d effect size as change from baseline suicide-related external coping scores at 3 months (0.00-0.49 small effect; 0.50-0.79 medium effect; 0.80-1.00 large effect)

Assess suicide-related external coping skills (7 items on 5-point scales; scores range from 0 to 28 with higher scores indicating better external coping)

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
n=7 Participants
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
Suicide-Related Coping Scale (SRCS) - External Coping Skills
0.86 Cohen's d effect size
Interval -0.32 to 2.05

Adverse Events

Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services

Serious events: 1 serious events
Other events: 2 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Serious adverse events
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
n=9 participants at risk
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
Psychiatric disorders
Distress with increased suicidal ideation and emergency services involvement
11.1%
1/9 • Number of events 1 • Three months
An adverse event is defined as any untoward or unfavorable medical occurrence in a human participant, including any abnormal sign, symptom, or disease, temporally associated with participant's study participation, whether or not considered related to participant's study participation; it encompasses both physical and psychological harm. This study also included non-medical events that may be behavioral (i.e., self-harm) or social (e.g., child protective services involvement with the family).

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
Safety Planning Intervention With Navigation Services
n=9 participants at risk
A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community). Safety Planning Intervention with Navigation Services: A patient navigation (PN) intervention for SGM youth/emerging adults designed to target mechanisms (i.e., decreasing thwarted belongingness and increasing suicide-related coping skills) that theoretically underlie suicide. The proposed intervention will integrate a single-session, empirically supported, suicide prevention intervention (Safety Planning Intervention; SPI) with PN services (PN+SPI). The patient navigator will deliver the SPI and continue frequent contact for the purpose of providing motivational enhancement, problem-solving, reinforcing coping strategies, and connecting participants to social support and mental health resources (e.g., SGM-specific support groups within the community).
Psychiatric disorders
Increased Anxiety
11.1%
1/9 • Number of events 1 • Three months
An adverse event is defined as any untoward or unfavorable medical occurrence in a human participant, including any abnormal sign, symptom, or disease, temporally associated with participant's study participation, whether or not considered related to participant's study participation; it encompasses both physical and psychological harm. This study also included non-medical events that may be behavioral (i.e., self-harm) or social (e.g., child protective services involvement with the family).
Social circumstances
Arrest
11.1%
1/9 • Number of events 1 • Three months
An adverse event is defined as any untoward or unfavorable medical occurrence in a human participant, including any abnormal sign, symptom, or disease, temporally associated with participant's study participation, whether or not considered related to participant's study participation; it encompasses both physical and psychological harm. This study also included non-medical events that may be behavioral (i.e., self-harm) or social (e.g., child protective services involvement with the family).

Additional Information

Dr. Aaron Blashill

San Diego State University

Phone: 619-594-2245

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place