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Can brain scans predict suicide risk?

NCT ID NCT02901769

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study used brain scans (fMRI) to look at how people process emotions and make decisions, comparing those who have attempted suicide, those with past suicidal thoughts, depressed patients without suicidal history, and healthy controls. The goal was to find brain activity patterns linked to suicide vulnerability. The study involved 26 participants and has already been completed.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to
If successful, this could help identify brain markers that predict suicide risk, potentially leading to better screening and prevention strategies.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage observational study with only 26 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It does not test any treatment.

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Study facts

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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

26 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2013

Finished

Jul 2019

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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

Ages

18 to 60 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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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: * Right-handed, * Depressed suicide attempters for the first group, * Depressed patients with past history of suicidal acts for the second group, * Depressed patients with no history of suicidal acts for the third group, * Healthy controls for the fourth group. Exclusion Criteria: * Another psychiatric trouble than depression, * Another psychotrope treatment than SSRI/SNRI and/or benzodiazepine at inclusion and/or one month before, * For the first and secand groups : more than fous suicidals acts within the past 3 years, * Deficits that do not allow test realisation (visual audition troubles, cognitif deficits, * Prosopagnosia, * Pregnancy, * Severe central nervous system disease or somatic disease, * MRI contra-indication, * Major benefiting from a legal protective measure, * No coverage care.

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Rennes university hospital

    Rennes, 35000, France

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