NCT01176929

Randomized Controlled and Prospective Trial of a Cohort of People Who Made a Suicide Attempt

Effectiveness of Telephone Contact and Professional Coordination for Preventing Recurrent Suicidal Acts

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 320 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The prevention of recurrent suicidal about people who have made a suicide attempt is a major strand in the prevention of suicide. It is estimated that 10-15 % of people who made a suicide attempt die by suicide. Recidivism rate of suicide increases even faster than the subject is close to the index suicide attempt. A one month recurrence rate is 5 %, 12-25 % at one year. Most people who made a suicide attempt receive ambulatory monitoring. On this population, there is a low adherence to care. The main objective of the study is to test the effectiveness of a prevention program of recurrent suicidal acts for people who made a suicide attempt. The secondary objectives of this study are the assessment of adherence to care; the identification of sub - populations benefiting most from this program; the evaluation of the possible generalization level of the program (eligibles persons rate) and its feasibility level.

Detailed description

This is a randomized, controlled and prospective trial comparing an experimental group (usual treatment + interventions) to a control group (usual treatment only). All participants are evaluated after one year of monitoring. The search duration is 2 years (one inclusion year and one year of follow-up). It is planned to include 330 patients, 165 patients in each group. The program (experimental group) includes three interventions: * A series of three telephone calls ( the second week , one month and three months after discharge from hospital ) * A systematic telephone contact with the referring physician * A telephone helpline for people who made a suicide attempt and referring physicians.

Conditions

• Suicide, Attempted

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Usual treatment and Prevention program	Prevention program of recurrent suicidal acts includes three interventions: * A series of three telephone calls ( the second week , one month and three months after discharge from hospital ) * A systematic telephone contact with the referring physician * A telephone helpline for people who made a suicide attempt and referring physicians.
OTHER	Usual Treatment	Usual Treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2010-08-06
• Last updated: 2013-04-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France