Caring Contacts Via Text Message for Suicidal Adolescents After Emergency Department Discharge

NCT ID: NCT07043764

Last Updated: 2025-06-29

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

56 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-12-31

Study Completion Date

2028-08-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if Caring Contacts (brief, hopeful, supportive text messages) can be delivered to adolescents with suicidal thoughts or behaviors after discharge from the emergency department, and to understand if adolescents find it acceptable to receive Caring Contacts. Researchers will also begin to explore how suicidal thoughts and behaviors change over time among participants who receive Caring Contacts along with treatment as usual, compared to participants who only receive treatment as usual.

All participants will be invited to answer survey questions when they first enroll in the study and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after their emergency department visit. Some participants will receive Caring Contacts (brief, hopeful, supportive text messages) after their emergency department visit. Some participants will be invited to complete an interview about their experiences receiving Caring Contacts.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Suicide Prevention

Keywords

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Adolescent Text Messaging

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment as Usual

Treatment as usual consists of a suicide risk assessment during the emergency department visit, determination of disposition, safety planning, provision of crisis resources, and coordination of follow-up mental health services if indicated.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Caring Contacts

In addition to Treatment as Usual, participants will receive Caring Contacts, consisting of brief, hopeful, supportive text messages.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caring Contacts Text Messages

Intervention Type OTHER

Caring Contacts are brief, hopeful, supportive text messages.

Interventions

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Caring Contacts Text Messages

Caring Contacts are brief, hopeful, supportive text messages.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 12 to \<18 years of age
* Present to the emergency department with suicidal thoughts or behaviors as indicated by the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)
* Have a cell phone that can receive text messages
* Proficient in English
* Anticipated disposition of discharge from the emergency department

Exclusion Criteria

* In care of the Department of Children and Family Services
* Unable to participate meaningfully in assent, assessments, or the intervention, as determined by the treating clinician, including any of the following: acute or chronic cognitive impairment, acute psychosis, current severe agitation, current alcohol or drug intoxication
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jennifer Hoffmann

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jennifer A. Hoffmann, MD, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University

Locations

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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Jennifer A. Hoffmann, MD, MS

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 312-227-4000

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Jennifer A. Hoffmann, MD, MS

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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K23MH135206

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2024-6680

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id