Phone app sends Real-Time coping tips to fight suicidal thoughts
NCT ID NCT05791643
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a smartphone app that sends automated reminders to use personalized coping strategies for adults hospitalized with suicidal thoughts. Participants answered surveys up to six times daily, and when they reported high distress, some received prompts to use their safety plan. The goal was to see if the app is feasible, acceptable, and helps reduce suicidal thoughts.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- smartphone-based behavioral intervention with personalized coping strategy reminders
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a practical, real-time tool to help people manage suicidal thoughts and stay safe after leaving the hospital.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 103 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is still experimental and may not reduce suicidal thoughts as hoped.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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
-
103 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Jul 2023
- Finished
-
Sep 2024
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Experiencing suicidal thoughts as part of their inpatient admission * Ownership of and access to a smartphone (while on the unit and following discharge) * Ability to speak and write English fluently Exclusion Criteria: * Any factor that impairs the ability to effectively participate in the study (e.g., significant cognitive impairment, intellectual disability, presence of violent behavior, psychotic illness/symptoms determined by the treating clinician to impair ability to understand the study or provide informed consent) * Failure to correctly answer all true/false questions in the consent form
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Suicide are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
-
McLean Hospital
Belmont, Massachusetts, 02478, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can a Five-Minute talk about gun storage save lives?
- Can schools catch teen mental health struggles before they escalate?
- Can a 60-Minute group session and peer calls curb suicide crises?
- Talking it out: could Village-Led chats curb youth suicide?
- Can personalized therapy sequences curb college suicide risk?
- Can a soap Opera–Style parenting program curb teen depression and suicide?