Can a support team help black teens at risk for suicide? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07506460
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a combination of therapy (CBT) and a team of caring adults chosen by the teen can help Black adolescents who are thinking about suicide or have hurt themselves. The study will enroll 15 Black teens aged 12-17 and their chosen support people. Researchers want to see if this approach is acceptable and feasible for use in community mental health settings.
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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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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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12 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.
Youth Inclusion Criteria: * Patients that are able to provide at least one verifiable contact for emergency or tracking purposes * Willing to receive care at MiSide * Present to an acute emergency care setting with suicide risk (per protocol) * Self-identify as Black * Willing and able to complete enrollment procedures * Willing and able to provide signed and dated informed assent Youth Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to be consented in English * Do not have a parent/legal guardian available to provide consent * Are not able to provide informed assent or to participate in the assessment due to significant agitation, psychosis, cognitive impairment, learning disability, or medical trauma * Actively engaged in specialty mental health treatment * Participated in the Aim 2a open trial Parent/Guardian Inclusion Criteria: * Adults 18 years and older * The parent or legal guardian of a youth participating in this Aim * Understand written and spoken English * Willing and able to complete enrollment procedures * Willing and able to provide signed and dated informed consent * Need to have access to technology, either cell or an email address Parent/Guardian Exclusion Criteria: \- Do not understand written and spoken English Support Person Inclusion Criteria: * Adults 18 years and older * Understand written and spoken English * Approved to serve as a support person by the parent/legal guardian Support Person Exclusion Criteria: * Do not understand written and spoken English * Not approved to serve as a support person by the parent/guardian
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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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Children's Hospital of Michigan (CHM) Emergency Department
RECRUITINGDetroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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MiSide
RECRUITINGDetroit, Michigan, 48210, United States
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