Recruiting
Phase 1

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Pennsylvania

Code:

NCT06547008

Conditions

Suicide

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Army-SPRING

Risk Reduction Group (Control)

Study Details

Brief summary:

Every unit in the Connecticut Army National Guard has a Suicide Intervention Officer to provide suicide intervention education awareness for their unit, monitor for soldiers in crisis and connect soldiers with helping resources and agencies. Suicide Intervention Officers need support in this difficult role, yet there is limited guidance on how to help them. This study will shed light on how to support Suicide Intervention Officers and whether this support results in reduced suicide risk in their units.

Conditions

Suicide

Study ID

NCT06547008

Start date

Mar 19, 2025

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Aug, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Serving as an SIO or chaplain/religious affairs specialist for a unit of the CTARNG
  • Willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Design

Enrollment

57 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Army-SPRING

Army-SPRING includes a package of implementation options to support implementation of suicide prevention duties

placebo comparator: Risk Reduction Group (Control)

Risk Reduction Group is a mandated training from National Guard Service members

Interventions

Army-SPRING

Army-SPRING includes a package of implementation options to support implementation of suicide prevention duties

Risk Reduction Group (Control)

Risk Reduction Group is a mandated training from National Guard Service members

Primary outcome measure

  • Reach - Self [ Time Frame: Year 1 ]
  • Reach - Intervening for others [ Time Frame: Year 1 ]
  • Reach - Interactions with soldiers involving discussions about suicide risk [ Time Frame: Weekly for 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Lily A Brown, PhD

215-746-3346lilybr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Marin Kautz, PhD

805-235-7100marin.kautz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Locations

Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Contacts

Lily A Brown, PhD

215-746-3346lilybr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Marin Kautz, PhD

8052357100marin.kautz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Pennsylvania

Last update posted

Oct 20, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Keywords

  • suicide
  • military

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Pennsylvania on 2025-10-20.