Integrated Suicide Supports and Safety Planning for Youth

NCT06701006 | Recruiting DMC

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY00020199P50MH129708
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate an app to help keep teens and young adults with suicidal thoughts safe. The app includes a safety plan created by adolescents and healthcare providers in the clinic, and videos to encourage supportive communication and skills for teens and young adults to stay safe. The main question it aims to answer is whether the use of an app can increase youth suicide-related coping for youth with suicidal ideation, parent suicide prevention self-efficacy, and healthcare provider self-efficacy in suicide management. Researchers will compare usual care to usual care with the app. Participants, including adolescents, their caregivers and healthcare providers, will use the ISSP app (if assigned to that group) and complete three online surveys.

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation; Suicidal Behavior

Keywords

adolescents; young adults; suicide prevention; health services research

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Youth Suicide-Related Coping

  Total Score on the 17-item Youth Suicide-Related Coping Scale

  Baseline, 1 month, 2 month

• Parent suicide prevention self-efficacy

  Total score on the Parent suicide prevention self-efficacy scale

  Baseline, 1 month, 2 month

• Healthcare provider self-efficacy in suicide management

  Total score on the Provider suicide Intervention Questionnaire

  Baseline, end of control period, and end of intervention period

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Safety Plan Quality

  Up to 1 month

• Youth Suicide Severity

  Baseline, 1 month, 2 month

• Youth Anxiety Symptoms

  Baseline, 1 month, 2 month

• Intervention Acceptability

  Baseline, 1 month, 2 month

• Functional Impairment

  Baseline, 1 month, 2 month

Other Outcomes (3)

• Access to Lethal Means

  1 month

• Intervention Feasibility

  Baseline, 1 month, 2 month

• Mental Health Services Use

  Baseline, 2 months

Study Arms (2)

Usual Care

NO INTERVENTION

Integrated skills and safety planning app

EXPERIMENTAL

Use of Jaspr app in clinic + at home

Other: Integrated skills and safety planning app

Interventions

Integrated skills and safety planning app OTHER

This is a digital app that includes supported safety planning resources in clinic as well as coping skills and lived experience videos for adolescents, young adults and parents/caregivers that can be accessed in clinic or at home.

Also known as: Jaspr

Integrated skills and safety planning app

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 21 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age 13 -21 years, an Ask Suicide Questions (ASQ) screen score of 1-5 with no current plan or intent requiring acute referral to higher level care and/or a risk level of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) that constitutes the need for higher level assessment (such as the BSSA or C-SSRS) and/or a safety plan, as determined by an HCP because of a risk screener or a clinical interaction
• Parents/guardians: One "parent" per AYA will also be invited to participate.
• HCPs: All HCPs in participating clinics who may conduct assessments of SI (physicians, nurse practitioners/physician's assistants, social workers, nurses, psychologists) will be invited to participate.
• All subjects must have access to the internet and a computer or tablet device.

You may not qualify if:

• Concurrently enrolled in an affiliated Suicide Care Research Center study, no phone access, or non-English speaking.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Washington: lead
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator
• Seattle Children's Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, 98115, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation; Suicide Prevention

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Suicide; Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Laura Richardson, MD, MPH

  University of Washington

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Laura Richardson, MD, MPH

CONTACT

206-987-2028; lpr@uw.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Pediatrics

Model Details: This trial will use a pre- post- sequential design in which each clinic has a control period (usual care), followed by provider training, and then an intervention period (usual care plus Jaspr app).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2024
• First Posted: November 22, 2024
• Study Start: August 19, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): November 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 1, 2026
• Last Updated: November 25, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

US (1)