N/A
N=8
Brief Suicide Intervention for Youth in Juvenile Detention Settings
Suicide Prevention
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05225103 ↗Enrolled (actual)
8
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Who Reported Suicide Attempts as Measured by the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) — 1 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- SAFETY-Acute intervention (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult · 13+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Primary completion
- Feb 2024
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Who Reported Suicide Attempts as Measured by the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) |
1 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Who Reported Non-Suicidal Self Injury |
1 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Who Were Linked to Mental Health Services After Release |
3 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Reporting Urgency to Act on Suicidal Thoughts |
1 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Reporting Hope and Reasons for Living After Leaving the Facility |
6 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Who Report Acceptance of Their Current Situation |
7 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Reporting Self-Efficacy in Keeping Safe |
6 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Individuals With Emergency Mental Health Services (ED Visits and Hospitalizations) |
— | — |
Summary
This is an intervention development study and therefore is not designed or powered to test hypotheses. Following initial development and refinement of intervention and protocol, an open trial will be conducted at one juvenile detention facility (n=20). Following further refinement, six juvenile detention sites will be randomized to first or second wave of intervention implementation. All youth at an implementation site in suicidal crises will receive the intervention. Data will only be collected from youth with prior assent/consent. Youth will be assessed at the time of the suicidal/self-harm crisis, and at 2 and 4 weeks after initial intervention, and at a two-month follow-up assessment. We will preliminarily examine feasibility of the intervention and associated patterns of suicidal thoughts and behavior and non-suicidal self-injury, linkage to care following release, and presumed mechanisms of change such as hopelessness, self-efficacy to remain safe, urgency to act on suicidal thoughts, and acceptance.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- English speaking
- At least 13 years of age or older and 18 years old or younger
- Without evidence from school or other records of intellectual disability
- Without evidence of active psychosis
- Not wards of the state
- Risk for suicidal behavior or non-suicidal self-harm behavior
Exclusion Criteria
- Not English-speaking or caregivers are not English-speaking
- Wards of the state
- Younger than 13 years old or older than 18 years of age
- Evidence from school or other records or suspected intellectual disability
- Active psychosis
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05225103). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.