Effectiveness and Implementation of a Clinician Decision Support System to Prevent Suicidal Behaviors

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study ID
NCT05671133
Status
Recruiting

Conditions

  • Suicide
  • Suicide, Attempted

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Clinician Decision Support Tool — DIAGNOSTIC_TEST
    Clinician Decision Support Tool that provides information about patient's statistical probability of suicide attempt in next 1 month

Study Details

The primary aim of this project are to evaluate a comprehensive, practice-ready, and deployment-focused strategy for improving the prediction and prevention of suicide attempts among a sample of 4,000 patients presenting to an ED with a psychiatric concern. Our first aim is to evaluate the effects of providing information about risk of patient suicidal behavior to ED clinicians. We hypothesize that patients randomly assigned to have their clinician receive their risk score will have a lower rate of suicide attempts during 6-month follow-up and that this effect will be mediated by changes in clinician decision-making.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 25, 2025
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2027
Completion
Jun 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
4,000 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Experimental
    Patient's clinician is given Clinician Decision Support Tool
  • No Intervention: Control
    Patient's clinician is not given Clinician Decision Support Tool (care as usual)

Primary Outcome Measure

Suicide attempt [ Time Frame: 6-months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusetts02114
Matthew Nock
6174964484

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