RCT of Post-Suicide Attempt Case Management (ACTION-J)

Japan Foundation for Neuroscience and Mental Health

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Suicide Attempt

Treatments: Behavioral: Case management; Other: Enhanced usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00736918

J-MISP-01

C000000444 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will determine the effectiveness of continuous follow-up care by case manager in preventing further suicide attempts

Full description

It is well known that many subjects who survived a suicide attempt will make further suicide attempts, even after the medical treatment at critical emergency unit. To examine the effectiveness of continuous follow-up care by case manager after the suicide attempt, a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial by J-MISP (Japanese Multimodal Intervention Trials).This research project is one of the strategic research projects funded by The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. In this study, J-MISP will implement the intervention for suicide attempters, a considerably high-risk group of further suicide attempts, who are transported by emergency services.

Enrollment: 914 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Over 20 years old
2. Suffering from Axis I disorder
3. Had intent for suicide (confirmed more than 2 times)
4. Able to understand this study and provide informed consent
5. Able to have interview before trial registry and psycho education at hospital
6. Able to have interview for assessment at continuous follow-up care by case manager at the hospital

Exclusion criteria

1. Not suffering from Axis I disorder as a primary diagnosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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914 participants in 2 patient groups

Case management

Experimental group

Description:

Case management

Treatment:

Behavioral: Case management

Enhanced usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Enhanced usual care

Treatment:

Other: Enhanced usual care