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New program aims to keep veterans safe by securing guns and meds

NCT ID NCT06216327

Prevention Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Cancelled before anyone took part.

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested a household safety intervention for veterans with elevated suicide risk. The program involved discussions about safely storing firearms and medications, plus providing free safety devices. Researchers enrolled 40 veterans from VA healthcare settings to see if the approach was feasible and well-received.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
household safety intervention (behavioral)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a practical, respectful way to help veterans at risk for suicide by reducing access to lethal means.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention's effectiveness in preventing actual suicides is not yet proven.

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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

40 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Oct 2024

Finished

Aug 2025

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 100 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Encounter at VHA ED or urgent care setting, outpatient mental health, women's health, or primary care * \>17 years * Discharged home from the encounter (rather than hospital admission) * Positive Columbia Screener * Patient-reported access to self-owned firearms and/or medications Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to consent due to cognitive impairment, severity of illness (including psychiatric symptoms), intoxication with drugs and/or alcohol * Unreliable telephone access * Unreliable video access (because remote intervention) * Those currently experiencing unsheltered homelessness * No mailing address * Active opioid or stimulant use disorder * Active alcohol use disorder with daily alcohol consumption

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Drug Overdose injury poisoning Suicide

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Firearm injury Overdose Suicide

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045-7211, United States

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