Can a Smartphone-Personalized therapy curb suicidal thoughts?
NCT ID NCT07749391
First seen Aug 06, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 6 times
Summary
This trial tests a new, brief coaching program called PRECISE for young adults aged 18-26 who experience suicidal thoughts. Participants use a smartphone app to report their emotions and thoughts several times a day, and this personal data is used to tailor coaching sessions with coping skills and safety planning. The goal is to see if this personalized approach can reduce emotional distress and suicidal thoughts, and improve emotion regulation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PRECISE, a brief, personalized coaching intervention delivered via videoconferencing, using participants' own smartphone survey data to tailor coping skills and safety planning.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more personalized, effective approach to reducing suicidal thoughts in young adults, potentially saving lives by addressing individual triggers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage pilot study, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is brief and adjunctive, and its success depends on participant engagement and the accuracy of personalized data.
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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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35 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Sep 2026
- 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 to 26 years
- 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: * Age 18-26 years * Endorsement of active suicidal ideation on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) (score \>2, or past-month thoughts of killing self) * English fluency * Willingness to provide contact information for a key support person to be contacted as part of the study's risk and safety plan Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read English * Diagnosis of a psychotic or severe thought disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder with psychotic features)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Stein Clinical Research Building
La Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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