Recruiting

Digital Intervention

Sponsor:

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Code:

NCT06349915

Conditions

Suicide

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Supporting Wellbeing with Everyday Experiences of Peers (SWEEP)

Study Details

Brief summary:

Suicide risk has increased among youth in underserved communities, where access to mental healthcare is limited. To address this need, the investigator team plans to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a brief, low-cost, culturally responsive digital intervention for ethnically diverse youth at risk for suicide in The Bronx, New York. In collaboration with community stakeholders, suicide recovery narratives, featuring adolescents' experiences related to recovery from suicidal thoughts will be developed. A smartphone ecological momentary assessment (EMA) app will be used to evaluate whether a curriculum of these narratives provides anti-suicidal benefits to at-risk adolescents.

Conditions

Suicide

Study ID

NCT06349915

Start date

Aug, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Feb, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • past-month history of suicidal thoughts
  • past-month history of Major depressive disorder
  • possession of apple or android smartphone with data plan

Exclusion Criteria:

  • inability to read/write in English
  • Active mania
  • Active psychosis
  • Autism spectrum disorder

Study Design

Enrollment

46 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention

This is a single-arm study. All participants will be allocated to the intervention arm, in which they will receive the digital narrative therapy.

Interventions

Supporting Wellbeing with Everyday Experiences of Peers (SWEEP)

Each day during a 14-day trial period, participants will receive one narrative featuring lived experience with and recovery from suicidal thoughts and behaviors. These narratives will be presented in audio and text format via a smartphone app. Participants will also complete self-report surveys assessing study outcomes using the same smartphone app five times per day.

Primary outcome measure

  • Suicidal Thoughts [ Time Frame: 5 times per day during 14-day trial ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Peter J Franz, Ph.D.

6077278620peter.franz@einsteinmed.edu

Locations

Montefiore Health System

Recruiting

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467

More Information

Sponsor

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Last update posted

Jul 30, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • digital intervention
  • community participation
  • ecological momentary assessment

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Albert Einstein College of Medicine on 2026-07-30.