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New inpatient therapy aims to stop suicide in veterans

NCT ID NCT04829682

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a short therapy called ACT for Life for veterans hospitalized due to suicide risk. The therapy includes 3 to 6 sessions in the hospital and up to 4 follow-up sessions to help veterans build a life worth living and reduce suicide attempts. Researchers will compare it to standard care in 278 veterans over one year.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 278 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2022

Expected to finish

Mar 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 89 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Eligible for VHA care * Currently hospitalized due to suicide risk * Willing to be randomized and participate in either of the two conditions Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide informed consent (operationalized as inability to answer 7 questions about the study and research participants' rights) * Inability to complete study measures or participate in treatment \[based on referring clinician and study staff's judgment (e.g., due to lack of time, significant acute intoxication/withdrawal symptoms, mania, psychosis, aggression, catatonia, cognitive impairment)\] * Participation in another interventional research study * Membership in vulnerable population (e.g., prisoner, pregnant woman)

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Conditions

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Suicide

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How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Battle Creek VA Medical Center, Battle Creek, MI

    Battle Creek, Michigan, 49037, United States

  • Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045-7211, United States

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