Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Novel Personalized Mobile Intervention for Suicide - Open Trial

Butler Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Suicide, Attempted; Suicidal Ideation; Suicide and Self-harm; Suicide

Treatments: Behavioral: Mobile Application to Prevent Suicide (MAPS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05180331

1124944

SRG-1-119-18 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of this grant is to conduct pilot testing on a novel personalized mobile intervention for suicide - Mobile Application to Prevent Suicide (MAPS) - and to establish feasibility, acceptability, safety, and primary outcomes (i.e., suicidal ideation and behavior; re-hospitalization).

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 26 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Suicidal ideation and/or suicidal behavior in the past month verified by the C-SSRS
• Between the ages of 18 and 26
• English proficiency
• Comfortable with smartphone technology
• Deemed by the treatment team to be stable enough to complete study procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Current psychotic or manic symptoms severe enough to interfere with study procedures

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Mobile Application to Prevent Suicide (MAPS)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receiving MAPS will receive the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) which will be uploaded into the smartphone app. They will be prompted four times per day to complete a brief ecological momentary assessment "check-in" inquiring about their cognitions, affect, and behavior, including suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Based on these responses, they will be provided with coping strategies from their safety plans and from a database of coping strategies created by study staff. They will also have access to emergency phone numbers, the coping strategies database, and can communicate with their study clinician through a text-like interface in the app. They will receive this intervention for one month.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mobile Application to Prevent Suicide (MAPS)