Can a centralized team prevent more suicide attempts?
NCT ID NCT07783490
First seen Aug 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial aims to find the best way to provide suicide prevention care to adults in outpatient mental health treatment. It compares two approaches: one where local clinicians get extra tools and support, and another that adds a centralized telehealth team to help with safety planning and follow-up. The study will see which approach leads to fewer suicide attempts and better connection to care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Two behavioral interventions: Local Care Continuity (support for existing clinicians) and Centralized Care Navigation (adding a centralized telehealth team)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could identify a more effective way to deliver suicide prevention care, potentially reducing suicide attempts and improving patient outcomes on a large scale.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is large but relies on real-world implementation, which may vary. Results depend on how well the interventions are delivered, and outcomes may not be generalizable to other settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 176,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 18 years or older 2. Attending an intake or follow-up outpatient mental health visit at a participating Kaiser Permanente Northern California mental health clinic during the study eligibility period 3. Nine months of enrollment in the year prior to index visit, allowing for 1-month gaps Exclusion Criteria: 1\) None specified for the overall CE-RCT population
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
Pleasanton, California, 94588, United States
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