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NCT02525575 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Suicide Safety Planning Group Treatment: "Project Life Force"

A NA study, sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
45
Enrollment target

NCT02525575: Completed NA study, sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development.

NCT02525575 is a NA study that has completed, run by VA Office of Research and Development. The registered enrollment target is 45 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (97% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT02525575, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
45 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

For suicidal individuals, minimizing future risk and fostering recovery are critical public health concerns, especially among Veterans, as very few effective interventions exist. This proposal tests a novel group psychotherapy treatment that combines emotion regulation skill based, and psychoeducational approaches, with suicide safety planning development and implementation. "Project Life Force" (PLF), a novel suicide safety planning group intervention has been designed to fill this critical gap and provide a mechanism to develop and enhance suicide safety planning over time. PLF, a 12-session, group psychotherapy intervention, combines Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skill based and psychoeducational approaches, to enhance suicide safety planning development and implementation. Veterans revise their plans over several weeks while learning distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and friendship building/interpersonal skills to incorporate into their safety plans and also receive lessons on gun safety and minimizing access to lethal means. Sessions are augmented with 1) training in the use of a suicide safety planning mobile App to promote accessibility and maximize implementation, and 2) didactic information to bolster recovery, including fostering improved connection with the treatment team, and Veteran's family.

Primary Outcome

Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation is designed to assess severity of suicidal attitudes and plans for suicide. BSS is a 21 item self-report, rated on a scale of 0-2, with a total score range of 0-38 with higher score indicating higher ideation.

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Project Life Force Group Treatment

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 45 participants
Start Date 2015-10-01
Est. Completion 2018-03-01
Phase NA
VA Office of Research and Development

1,668 total trials

What the finished NCT02525575 record still lists

NCT02525575 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 45 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (97% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Project Life Force Group Treatment is the first listed.

NCT02525575 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT02525575 about?

NCT02525575 is a clinical study titled "Suicide Safety Planning Group Treatment: "Project Life Force"". For suicidal individuals, minimizing future risk and fostering recovery are critical public health concerns, especially among Veterans, as very few effective interventions exist. This proposal tests a novel group psychotherapy treatment that combines emotion regulation skill based, and psychoeducati...

What is the current status of trial NCT02525575?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 45 participants. The study started on 2015-10-01. Estimated completion is 2018-03-01.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02525575?

The interventions under investigation include: Project Life Force Group Treatment (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02525575?

This trial is sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development, which has 1,668 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT02525575's enrollment target sits among peer trials

45 1411th of 2000 higher than 578 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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