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Text-messaging for Youth Suicide Prevention

This study is testing a text message program to help parents keep their teenagers safe after a visit to the emergency room for suicidal thoughts or behavior. It involves parents and their teens (ages 13-17) who have recently been to the emergency department for suicide-related reasons. You would be randomly assigned to one of three groups: usual care, text messages with safety reminders, or text messages with safety reminders and information about suicide risk. The study wants to see if these text messages help parents follow safety recommendations at home, like limiting access to dangerous items. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 129 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study that will randomly assign 129 participants to one of three groups. It is not specified what phase the study is in.
What's involved
You and your teen would complete short surveys at the start of the study, six weeks later, and twelve weeks later. Text messages would be sent three times a week for six weeks.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
You and your teen will be followed for 12 weeks after the start of the study.

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NCT07383714

Nudging Parental Actions for Youth Suicide Prevention

Recruiting
NAAges 13–17InterventionalTreatment
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
~129 participants
Updated 2026-06-03 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Text-messaging for safety remindersText-messaging with safety reminders and risk framing

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Parent-reported adherence to lethal means restriction (LMR)
Measured over Baseline to 6 weeks

Conditions

Suicide
Suicide Attempt

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Suicidal IdeationSuicide Attempt

Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Texas1

Study leadership

  • Emine Rabia Ayvaci, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Who to contact

Matthew Nguyen
[email protected]
469-509-2493
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Guardian must be able and willing to provide informed consent, and the participant must be able and willing to provide assent.
Parent and adolescent willingness and ability to participate in study procedures and complete assessments at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks.
Presentation to the ED for a suicide-related emergency, defined as suicidal ideation within the last 2 weeks or a suicide attempt within the past month.
Adolescents aged 12-17 years during the consent.
Access to a mobile phone with text messaging capability for the parent/legal guardian.
Ability to communicate in English.

Exclusion

Absence of a legal guardian capable of providing consent.
Parents/legal guardians without access to a mobile phone with texting capability.
Inability to communicate in English.
Adolescents in state custody or under legal restrictions that prevent study participation.
Adolescents involved in the justice system in a manner that would interfere with study participation.
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual development disorder needing substantial or very substantial support

What this trial measures

  • Parent-reported adherence to lethal means restriction (LMR)Baseline to 6 weeks

    Change in parental adherence to lethal means restriction practices will be assessed using the Parent Adherence to Lethal Means Restriction (PA-LMR), a structured parent-report survey measuring adherence to multiple lethal means restriction behaviors. Items are rated on a Likert scale, with total scores ranging from 11 to 55; higher scores indicate greater adherence.