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Suicide Prevention for Justice Involved Managed Care Subscribers

NCT ID: NCT05579600

Last Updated: 2025-11-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

45155 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-01

Study Completion Date

2025-08-01

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of a suicide prevention intervention for individuals released from jail. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the use of Caring Contacts improve subscriber engagement with healthcare services while reducing suicide-related outcomes? Participants will include subscribers of a managed care organization (MCO). Intervention includes sending subscribers Caring Contacts letters for 6-months following jail release to target healthcare re-engagement and suicide prevention.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Suicide and Self-harm

Keywords

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suicidal behavior jail release behavioral health providers suicide training

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Caring Contact letters

Caring Contact letters will be mailed to a randomly selected group of managed care subscribers over a 6-month period following jail release.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caring Contacts letters

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Caring Contacts involves sending individuals at risk for suicide brief, non- demanding messages of care.

Control

Care as usual

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Caring Contacts letters

Caring Contacts involves sending individuals at risk for suicide brief, non- demanding messages of care.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18+ years old
* Released from an Ohio jail
* enrolled in Medicaid through CareSource

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Michigan State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Butler Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sarah Arias

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Butler Hospital

Locations

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Butler Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Arias SA, Sperber K, Jones R, Taxman FS, Miller TR, Zylberfuden S, Weinstock LM, Brown GK, Ahmedani B, Johnson JE. Managed care updates of subscriber jail release to prompt community suicide prevention: clinical trial protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Nov 16;23(1):1265. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10249-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37974126 (View on PubMed)

Arias SA, Sperber K, Jones R, Taxman FS, Miller TR, Zylberfuden S, Weinstock LM, Brown GK, Ahmedani B, Johnson JE. Managed Care Updates of Subscriber Jail Release to Prompt Community Suicide Prevention: Clinical Trial Protocol. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Sep 25:rs.3.rs-3350204. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3350204/v1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37841869 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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1P50MH127512-01A1

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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1P50MH127512-01A1 8577

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id