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Examining Feasibility, Acceptability, and Sustainability of a Novel Personalized Smartphone Intervention for Suicide - Open Trial

Examining Feasibility, Acceptability, and Sustainability of a Novel Personalized Smartphone Intervention for Suicide

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05180383
Enrollment
10
Registered
2022-01-06
Start date
2023-12-05
Completion date
2025-04-30
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Suicide and Self-harm, Suicide, Attempted

Brief summary

The primary aim of the present study is leverage existing infrastructure to develop novel technological features for a novel personalized smartphone intervention system, called the Mobile Application to Prevent Suicide (MAPS), and to establish feasibility, acceptability, safety, and estimate key parameters for secondary outcomes (i.e., suicidal ideation and behavior; re-hospitalization).

Interventions

Safety Planning Intervention, ecological momentary intervention smartphone app system, and bidirectional communication with study clinician.

Sponsors

Butler Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
CollaboratorNIH
Brown University
CollaboratorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Presence of suicidal ideation and/or suicidal behavior in the past month * Between the ages of 18 and 70 * Able to read, write, and understand English well enough to complete study procedures * Owns a smartphone

Exclusion criteria

* Current psychotic or manic symptoms severe enough to interfere with completion of study procedures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patient SatisfactionFollowing intervention (assessed at 1-month follow-up)Measured using the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, a self-report measure of satisfaction with treatment. Scores range from 8 to 32, with higher scores representing higher satisfaction.
Acceptability of Research (Recruitment)BaselineThe acceptability of research outcome is measured by the recruitment rate (number of patients enrolled divided by the total number of patients approached).
Acceptability of Research (Dropout)Baseline through 1-month follow-upAcceptability of research is measured by dropout rate (number of participants who dropped out over the entire number of participants enrolled). This does not include participants who were lost to follow-up.
Satisfaction With MAPS InterventionFollowing intervention (assessed at 1-month follow-up)Satifaction with the MAPS intervention was measured by protocol completion rate.
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) AdherenceDuring 28 days of interventionThe Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) adherence outcome is measured by the percentage of EMA surveys completed.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in Suicidal Ideation SeverityComparing 28 days prior to baseline to the 28 days using MAPS interventionWill be assessed using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, which provides a suicidal ideation severity score ranging from 0 to 5 with higher scores representing more severe ideation.
Number of Suicide AttemptsDuring the 28 days of the interventionTotal number of suicide attempts reported among participants using MAPS (across whole sample).
RehospitalizationDuring the 28 days of the interventionAverage number of inpatient rehospitalizations will be assessed using the Treatment History Interview and medical records review.
Emergency Department VisitsDuring the 28 days of the interventionAverage number of emergency department visits will be assessed using the Treatment History Interview and medical records review.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Pre-assignment details

Results displayed here refer to the open trial phase of this study only. Information regarding the randomized pilot trial phase can be found in the record NCT05202756.

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Continuous33.2 Age (years)
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.57
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Most severe ideation (0)
0 Participants
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Most severe ideation (1)
0 Participants
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Most severe ideation (2)
2 Participants
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Most severe ideation (3)
4 Participants
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Most severe ideation (4)
4 Participants
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Most severe ideation (5)
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
10 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
8 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
10 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Female
5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Intersex
0 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Male
5 Participants
Treatment History Interview.4 Number of ED visits
STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.52

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 10
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 10
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 10

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 15, 2026