Veterans' suicide study tests new talk therapy
NCT ID NCT05256940
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a revised version of motivational interviewing, a type of counseling, to see if it can lower suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts in high-risk veterans. About 470 veterans will be randomly assigned to receive this therapy or high-quality usual care. The goal is to find a better way to support veterans in crisis.
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Study facts
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- 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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368 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not 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: * Veteran status, * admitted to an inpatient unit, referred by a suicide prevention coordinator, or identified as high-risk via data extraction, * age 18 and over, * English speaking and reading, and * ability to understand the study and provide informed consent, * high-risk status confirmed by suicide attempt within a month on the Columbia- Suicide Severity Rating Scale or a score \> 5 on the Scale for Suicidal Ideation Exclusion Criteria: * current psychosis, * active mania, * dementia, * impaired decision making capacity, and * institutionalization due to hospitalization in a non-VA facility, jail, or prison.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina, 29401-5703, United States
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VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, Canandaigua, NY
Canandaigua, New York, 14424-1159, United States
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VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
Portland, Oregon, 97207-2964, United States
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