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App aims to curb suicide risk in ERs – 28,000 patients enrolled
NCT ID NCT06311591
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a tablet-based app called Jaspr that helps adults with suicidal thoughts while they wait in the emergency department. The app guides users through suicide risk assessment and safety planning based on proven therapies. Researchers will track whether it reduces suicide attempts and repeat ER visits over 12 months. Over 27,900 participants are being enrolled across multiple sites.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Jaspr App (digital platform on a tablet)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could provide a scalable, evidence-based tool to reduce suicide risk and emergency visits for people in crisis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a real-world study, not a controlled trial, so results may be influenced by many factors. The app requires English literacy or a proxy, limiting who can use it.
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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 27,908 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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: * \>= 18 years old * Positive for suicide risk on screener * Reads English, or has proxy available to read and enter questions Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitively or emotionally incapable of engaging with Jaspr
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
The full official record for this study. This one lists no contact details, but it is the first place any would appear.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ohio State East Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80909, United States
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UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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