Recruiting

Peer Support Specialist

Sponsor:

Case Western Reserve University

Code:

NCT07214233

Conditions

Suicide

Self-Injurious Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Treatment as Usual

Peer Support Services (PSS)

Study Details

Brief summary:

This clinical trial will implement and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and initial impact of Peer Support Specialist (PSS) services for public system-involved sexual and gender minority (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and/or transgender) youth (SGMY) at risk of suicide.

Conditions

Suicide

Self-Injurious Behavior

Study ID

NCT07214233

Start date

Feb 23, 2026

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Nov 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov 30, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Child Inclusion Criteria:

  • 12-17 years of age
  • Self-identify as a sexual or gender minority (SGM)
  • Involved in one or more system: juvenile justice, child welfare, and/or community-based mental health
  • Personal experience with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB)
  • English speaking
  • Willing and able to provide informed assent

Child Exclusion Criteria:

  • Less than 12 or greater than 17 years of age (0-11 or 18 and over)
  • Do not self-identify as a sexual or gender minority (SGM)
  • Not involved in the juvenile justice, child welfare, and/or community-based mental health systems
  • No personal experience with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB)
  • Not English speaking
  • Unwilling and/or unable to provide informed assent

Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18-80 years of age
  • Primary Caregiver of youth who meet child inclusion criteria listed above
  • English speaking
  • Willing and able to provide informed consent

Caregiver Exclusion Criteria:

  • Less than 18 or greater than 80 years of age (0-17 or 81 and over)
  • Not the Primary Caregiver of youth who meet child inclusion criteria listed above
  • Not English speaking
  • Unwilling and/or unable to provide informed consent

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Pre-implementation Period

Behavioral health treatment as usual

experimental: Post-implementation Period

Behavioral health treatment as usual + referral to and connection with Peer Support Services

Interventions

Treatment as Usual

Behavioral health services (treatment as usual)

Peer Support Services (PSS)

Behavioral health services (treatment as usual) along with referral to and utilization of Peer Support Specialist services

Primary outcome measure

  • Youth-level changes in Recovery [ Time Frame: Baseline, Post-Intervention 3 Month, and Post Intervention 6 Month ]
  • Youth Level Changes in Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors [ Time Frame: From enrollment (baseline), to 3- and 6 months follow ups post treatment at the end of 8-12 weeks. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Dana M. Prince, PhD

216-368-1707dana.prince@case.edu

Locations

Case Western Reserve University

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

Contacts

Dana Prince, PhD

216-368-1707dana.prince@case.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Case Western Reserve University

Last update posted

May 8, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Keywords

  • Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB)
  • Peer Support Specialist (PSS)
  • Behavioral health
  • adolescent
  • LGBTQ
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Foster Care
  • Crisis Response

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Case Western Reserve University on 2026-05-08.