Digital screening could save At-Risk youth in the justice system
NCT ID NCT05541926
First seen Jun 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a digital system called e-Connect that helps probation staff identify suicide risk in youth involved with the justice system and quickly connect them to mental health services. The trial involves probation and treatment staff across 9 Indiana counties. Researchers aim to see if the system can be successfully scaled up and whether it improves treatment initiation and engagement.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- e-Connect digital screening and linkage system
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a proven method to identify at-risk youth in the justice system and get them into treatment faster.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a direct treatment trial. Success depends on how well probation staff adopt the system, and results may vary by location.
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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 3,629 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
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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10 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.
Sample: County Probation Staff Inclusion Criteria: * All probation agency leadership and officers employed by the partnering sites who are (a) at least 18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants. Sample: County Treatment Staff Inclusion Criteria: * All treatment staff (agency directors, supervisors and clinical line staff) employed by participating treatment agencies who are at least 18 years of age and conversant in English in participating study counties will be asked to participate Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants. Sample: Local Facilitators Inclusion Criteria: * All county/local Justice Diversion Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) representatives that work with partnering sites who (a) are at least 18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants. Sample: Probation Youth Inclusion Criteria: * All youth who are on probation who are (a) 10-18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible; Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants.
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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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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Instititute
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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