A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Smartphone Delivered Treatment for Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior
NCT ID: NCT06686901
Last Updated: 2025-11-21
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
60 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2026-04-01
2029-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Participants will be randomized to receive either the control condition, which consists of 3x/daily ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of emotions and STBs and optional inactive TEC (n = 30), or the experimental condition, consisting of 3x/daily EMA and optional active TEC-S (n = 30). Evaluative conditioning uses classical conditioning to alter attitudes. The aim of TEC-S is to alter attitudes toward suicide and, in turn, reduce STB. EMAs will monitor STB, safety, and acceptability, and efficacy. Weekly behavioral and self-report assays will assess hypothesized treatment mechanisms. The study's aim is to determine if the active TEC-S condition reduces STB and to explore if altered attitudes toward suicide mediates this effect.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Smartphone-delivered inactive Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning (inactive TEC)
Optional smartphone-delivered inactive Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning (inactive TEC) for 30 days.
Smartphone-delivered inactive Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning
Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning (inactive TEC-S) is a behavioral treatment where participants are given optional access to a computerized task/game where they repeatedly pair positive and negative stimuli (pictures, words) with each other.
Smartphone-delivered active Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (active TEC)
Optional smartphone-delivered active Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (active TEC-S) for 30 days.
Smartphone-delivered Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (TEC-S)
Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (active TEC-S) is a behavioral treatment where participants are given optional access to a computerized task/game where they repeatedly pair suicidal behavior stimuli (pictures, words) with other negative stimuli and self-related stimuli with positive stimuli.
Interventions
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Smartphone-delivered Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (TEC-S)
Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning for Suicide (active TEC-S) is a behavioral treatment where participants are given optional access to a computerized task/game where they repeatedly pair suicidal behavior stimuli (pictures, words) with other negative stimuli and self-related stimuli with positive stimuli.
Smartphone-delivered inactive Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning
Therapeutic Evaluative Conditioning (inactive TEC-S) is a behavioral treatment where participants are given optional access to a computerized task/game where they repeatedly pair positive and negative stimuli (pictures, words) with each other.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Relatively frequent and recent (≥5 days within the past-month) active suicidal thoughts as assessed via SITBI-R.
* Willing and able to provide at least one emergency contact (name, phone number, relation).
* Owns an Android or iOS smartphone.
* Possesses at least occasional access to Wi-Fi-enabled internet for data down/uploads.
* Fluent in English and willing to provide informed consent.
* Living in the Boston metropolitan area (i.e., \~50 mile radius around Boston, MA)
Exclusion Criteria
* Recent acute suicide risk operationalized as affirmative responses to BOTH below items during structured clinical interview AND evaluation by the PI in consultation with Mentors/Advisor Drs. Wilhelm, Kleiman, and/or Bentley:
* At any time in past week: ≥ 8/10 current intent to act on suicidal thoughts (0 \["not at all"\] to 10 \["extremely strong"\]); AND
* At any time in past week: thought of a specific suicide plan (i.e, known method/means and/or location) with access to lethal means
* Impaired vision (e.g., legal blindness), technological illiteracy, or intellectual disability that might impair ability to provide valid data and/or informed consent.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIH
Massachusetts General Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Adam C. Jaroszewski, PhD
Principal Investigator
Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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2024P003049-phase2
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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