Project SAFER: Self-Guided Safety Plan for Suicidal Teens

Project SAFER is studying two ways to help teenagers (ages 13-17) who have had suicidal thoughts or attempts. One group will learn about suicide crisis resources (Psychoeducation about Suicide Crisis Resources). The other group will use a self-guided electronic safety plan (Self-Guided Electronic Safety Plan Intervention) to help them cope. The study wants to see if these interventions improve how confident teens feel about avoiding future suicidal actions and their ability to cope with suicide-related feelings. You can join if you can read English, have internet access, and have experienced suicidal thoughts or attempts recently. The study aims to enroll 300 participants, but its current status is unclear.

Study design
This study is an interventional trial with a planned enrollment of 300 participants. It compares two behavioral interventions: psychoeducation and a self-guided electronic safety plan.
What's involved
All aspects of the study, including eligibility screening and interventions, will be completed online via Qualtrics. The record does not specify the number of visits or the exact duration of participation beyond the intervention itself.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants' self-efficacy and coping capacity will be measured immediately after the intervention and across a 3-month follow-up period.

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NCT06868407

Electronic, Self-Guided Safety Plan in Adolescents: Project SAFER

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 13–17InterventionalTreatment
University of Denver
~300 participants
Updated 2025-03-11 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Psychoeducation about Suicide Crisis Resources (Control Intervention)Experimental: Self-Guided Electronic Safety Plan Intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Average scores on self-efficacy to avoid future suicidal action score
Measured over Post-intervention AND across 3-month follow-up period
+1 more outcome measured
Suicide Attempt
Suicide Ideation

NCT06868407

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • University of Denver

    Denver, Coloradostudy coordinator listed

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Kathryn R Fox, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Dener

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Able to read and write in English
Internet access,
Past-month suicidal thoughts AND a past-year suicide attempt OR at least 5 days of suicidal thoughts in the past year.

Exclusion

disability that interferes with the ability to complete the study on a computer
not in US
response that indicates bot or fraudulent
  • Average scores on self-efficacy to avoid future suicidal action scorePost-intervention AND across 3-month follow-up period

    Responses to a question measuring self-efficacy to avoid future suicidal behavior: "If you have serious thoughts of killing yourself in the future, how confident are you that you WILL BE ABLE to keep yourself from attempting suicide?" (Czyz et al., 2016)

  • Average perceived suicide-related coping capacityimmediately post intervention AND across 3-month follow-up period

    Average scores on a composite of 3 items from the Stanley et al. 2017 measure of suicide-related coping (i.e., I have several things I can do to get through a suicidal crisis, I do not think there is anything that I can do to help myself when I am feeling suicidal (R), I am at the mercy of my suicidal thoughts (R))