Can a simple therapy delivered by phone or app prevent suicide in older adults?
NCT ID NCT06338904
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a brief problem-solving therapy to prevent suicide in adults aged 50 and older who have suicidal thoughts. The therapy is delivered in three formats: face-to-face, by phone, or via a smartphone app. 212 participants will be randomly assigned to one of these formats or to usual care, and followed for 12 months to see if suicidal thoughts decrease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- problem-solving-based psychological intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an accessible, brief therapy option to reduce suicide risk in older adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (212 participants) in one region of Spain, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral and may not work for everyone.
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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 212 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
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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50 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: * Be at least 50 years old * Reside in Galicia * Present suicidal ideation Exclusion Criteria: * Present serious mental health or medical disorders * Have begun receiving psychological or psychopharmacological treatment in the previous two months or are participating in other suicide prevention research * Do not have an appropriate mobile device or sufficient fluency to communicate in Spanish, or have problems that make it impossible to participate * Plan to move in the next 18 months.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Research Group on Mental Health and Psychopatology
RECRUITINGSantiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15782, Spain
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