Can safety planning and therapy stop teen suicide? major trial in mozambique aims to find out.
NCT ID NCT06465381
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether safety planning and a type of talk therapy can reduce suicidal thoughts and actions in 2,100 secondary school students in Mozambique. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive one or both approaches, and researchers will track their progress over time. The goal is to find practical, effective ways to prevent suicide in a real-world school setting.
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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 2,100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: Inclusion criteria for suicide risk screening: 1. Youth enrolled in a secondary school in Sofala Province that is located within 30 minutes of a health facility that hosts both an urgent care and mental health department. 2. Youth enrolled in 9th and/or 10th and/or 11th grade. 3. Legal guardian has provided consent to participate if under 18 or if youth is age 18 or older and has provided consent to participate. 4. Youth has assented to participation. Inclusion criteria for trial participation and allocation to study arm: 1\. Youth expresses active suicidal ideation on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Youth and/or guardian has not provided consent to participate, or responsible party is unable to provide informed consent. 2. Youth is not enrolled in a participating secondary school. 3. Youth declines to assent. 4. Youth is a ward of the State or any other agency, institution, or entity.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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1 Secondary School
RECRUITINGCaia, Mozambique
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1 Secondary School
RECRUITINGCheringoma., Mozambique
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1 Secondary School
RECRUITINGChibabava, Mozambique
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1 Secondary School
RECRUITINGMaringue, Mozambique
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4 Secondary Schools
RECRUITINGDondo, Mozambique
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4 Secondary Schools
RECRUITINGNhamatanda, Mozambique
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9 Secondary Schools
RECRUITINGBeira, Mozambique
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