A Pilot Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents

Part of paid clinical trials in The Bronx, New York.

Sponsor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Study ID
NCT06349915
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Suicide

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
14 Years - 18 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Supporting Wellbeing with Everyday Experiences of Peers (SWEEP) — BEHAVIORAL
    Each day during a 14-day trial period, participants will receive one narrative featuring lived experience with and recovery from suicidal thoughts and behaviors. These narratives will be presented in audio and text format via a smartphone app. Participants will also complete self-report surveys assessing study outcomes using the same smartphone app five times per day.

Study Details

Suicide risk has increased among youth in underserved communities, where access to mental healthcare is limited. To address this need, the investigator team plans to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a brief, low-cost, culturally responsive digital intervention for ethnically diverse youth at risk for suicide in The Bronx, New York. In collaboration with community stakeholders, suicide recovery narratives, featuring adolescents' experiences related to recovery from suicidal thoughts will be developed. A smartphone ecological momentary assessment (EMA) app will be used to evaluate whether a curriculum of these narratives provides anti-suicidal benefits to at-risk adolescents.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 30, 2026
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027
Completion
Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
46 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    This is a single-arm study. All participants will be allocated to the intervention arm, in which they will receive the digital narrative therapy.

Primary Outcome Measure

Suicidal Thoughts [ Time Frame: 5 times per day during 14-day trial ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Montefiore Health SystemThe BronxNew York10467-

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