Open Clinical Trials for Veterans With Suicidal Ideation
Providing access to clinical trials for veteran patients can be a challenge, but a significant number of trials are now recruiting patients from those patient populations. The VA Office of Research and Development alone sponsors or cosponsors > 1000 trials. The clinical trials listed below are all open as of September 27, 2019 and are focused exclusively on suicide among US veterans. For additional information and full inclusion/exclusion criteria, please consult clinicaltrials.gov.
Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative Among Veterans (STRIVE)
The present study is a pragmatic clinical trial that will examine the effectiveness of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) in reducing PTSD symptom severity, depression symptoms, and suicidal thoughts among military personnel and veterans with PTSD when delivered in 3 different formats: (1) 12 sessions delivered once per week in an office/clinic setting; (2) 12 sessions delivered once per day in an office/clinic setting; and (3) 12 sessions delivered once per day in a recreational setting.
ID: NCT03933059
Sponsor: University of Utah
Contact: Craig Bryan, PhD, ABPP, and Feea Leifker, PhD, MPH, ncvs@utah.edu
Locations: University of Utah, Salt Lake City
CAMS-G Group Therapy for Suicidal Veterans
The primary aim of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of CAMS-G. Our aim is to determine if CAMS-G is an effective treatment and whether it has the potential to be tested in a large-scale setting.
ID: NCT03682406
Sponsor: Louisville VA Medical Center
Contact: Lora Johnson, PhD, lora.johnson2@va.gov; Stephen O’Connor, PhD, stephen.oconnor@louisville.edu
Location: Robley Rex VA Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky
RCT of Brief CBT-I in Primary Care Veterans With Suicidal Thoughts
There is a strong association between insomnia and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Insomnia also frequently co-occurs with other common conditions associated with suicide such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. This project focuses on improving sleep as a novel suicide prevention strategy that can be delivered to a broad range of veterans. The study will examine how cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, an efficacious treatment for insomnia, may reduce suicidal thoughts in veterans who also suffer from co-occurring conditions when delivered by integrated primary care clinicians.
ID: NCT03603717
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Contact: Wilfred Pigeon, PhD, wilfred.pigeon2@va.gov; Jennifer Funderburk, PhD, jennifer.funderburk@va.gov
Locations: VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo; Canandaigua VA Medical Center, New York; Syracuse VA Medical Center, New York
