NCT00736918

RCT of Post-Suicide Attempt Case Management (ACTION-J)

A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial of Post-Suicide Attempt Case Management for the Prevention of Further Attempts in Japan (ACTION-J)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 914 (actual)
• Sponsor: Japan Foundation for Neuroscience and Mental Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of continuous follow-up care by case manager in preventing further suicide attempts

Detailed description

It is well known that many subjects who survived a suicide attempt will make further suicide attempts, even after the medical treatment at critical emergency unit. To examine the effectiveness of continuous follow-up care by case manager after the suicide attempt, a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial by J-MISP (Japanese Multimodal Intervention Trials).This research project is one of the strategic research projects funded by The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. In this study, J-MISP will implement the intervention for suicide attempters, a considerably high-risk group of further suicide attempts, who are transported by emergency services.

Conditions

• Suicide Attempt

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Case management	Case management, Usual clinical practice and Providing paper based information for suicide prevention
OTHER	Enhanced usual care	Usual clinical practice and Providing paper based information for suicide prevention

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2013-10-01
• First posted: 2008-08-18
• Last updated: 2014-01-16

Locations

18 sites across 1 country: Japan