Recruiting

Safety Plan

Sponsor:

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Code:

NCT07411300

Conditions

Caregiver Participation

Emergency Department Presentation

Safety Plan

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Telephone Calls

Automatic MyChart Messages

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators plan to conduct a pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomized controlled trial comparing 3 arms of varying follow-up intervention. Caregivers of youth ages 10-17 who present to the Lurie Children's Hospital ED with suicidal thoughts or behaviors (STBs) and are discharged with a safety plan will be included in the current study. Families will be randomized to receive either 1) treatment as usual, 2) follow-up phone calls, or 3) automatic electronic medical record (EMR) MyChart messages

Conditions

Caregiver Participation

Emergency Department Presentation

Safety Plan

Study ID

NCT07411300

Start date

Jan 26, 2026

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Aug 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants are eligible for participation in the current study if they are parent/guardians of youth ages 10-17 who received a psychiatric evaluation in the ED for suicidal thoughts or behaviors and are being discharged with a safety plan

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parents/guardians will be excluded from recruitment if the youth is in state custody, if they are not proficient in English or Spanish, if the patient is being admitted or transferred for medical or psychiatric hospital admission, or they are not willing to enroll in MyChart through the EMR. The investigators are also only enrolling one caregiver per patient. In other words, if a patient returns to the ED with a different caregiver, the investigators will not enroll the other caregiver.

Study Design

Enrollment

75 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Telephone Calls

Parents/guardians are contacted via telephone by a psychiatric social worker within 72 hours of ED discharge, then the family receives weekly phone calls until either they have successfully connected to follow-up mental health services or asks to no longer be contacted. Otherwise phone calls will continue to be made weekly until 60-days post-discharge.

no intervention: Standard Treatment

The caregiver receives the standard follow-up protocol once the patient has been discharged from the Emergency Department.

experimental: Automatic MyChart Messages

Parents/guardians receive automatic MyChart messages that will provide educational content and provide support around utilizing safety plans and restricting lethal means as well as the importance of connecting to follow-up care. These messages are sent within 72 hours of discharge then weekly for the first 60-days post-discharge.

Interventions

Telephone Calls

Parents/guardians are contacted via telephone by a psychiatric social worker within 72 hours of ED discharge, then the family receives weekly phone calls until either they have successfully connected to follow-up mental health services or asks to no longer be contacted. Otherwise phone calls will continue to be made weekly until 60-days post-discharge.

Automatic MyChart Messages

Parents/guardians receive automatic MyChart messages within 72 hours of ED discharge, then the family receives weekly messages until 60-days post-discharge.

Primary outcome measure

  • ED Return Visits [ Time Frame: Between baseline enrollment and 90 day follow-up assessment ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Amanda Burnside, PhD

312-227-2785aburnside@luriechildrens.org

Danielle Cory, MENG

3122276312dcory@luriechildrens.org

Locations

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60640

Contacts

Amanda Burnside, PhD

312-227-2785aburnside@luriechildrens.org

Danielle Cory, MENG

dcory@luriechildrens.org

More Information

Sponsor

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Last update posted

Feb 13, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Keywords

  • pediatric
  • randomized
  • caregivers
  • suicide
  • emergency department

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on 2026-02-13.