Who is sponsoring NCT03950765?

NCT03950765 is sponsored by Harvard University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03950765?

Interventions in NCT03950765: Ecological momentary intervention.

What condition does NCT03950765 study?

NCT03950765 studies Suicide, Attempted, Suicide and Self-harm.

Is NCT03950765 still recruiting?

NCT03950765 is currently status unknown. Last updated 1 August 2019.

Last reviewed 2019-08-01 · How we verify

NCT03950765

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Real-time Intervention for Suicide Risk Reduction

Status unknown NA Last updated 1 August 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Ecological momentary intervention in Suicide, Attempted in 25 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

29 July 2019

Primary endpoint
31 March 2020

31 July 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Harvard University
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	25
Start date	29 July 2019
Primary completion	31 March 2020
Estimated completion	31 July 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Ecological momentary intervention

Conditions studied

Suicide, Attempted — all drugs for Suicide, Attempted →
Suicide and Self-harm — all drugs for Suicide and Self-harm →

Sponsor

Harvard University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Suicide, Attempted or Suicide and Self-harm. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this study is to provide an initial pilot test of an Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) designed the reduce the distress associated with negative emotion among individuals at risk for suicide that pairs content from a smartphone with a wearable physiological monitor. Participants will be 25 suicidal adult inpatients who will complete three brief therapy sessions with a study therapist and then complete exercises associated with the study for the duration of the inpatient period and for 28 days after they leave the hospital.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Can passive measurement of physiological distress help better predict suicidal thinking?
Kleiman EM, Bentley KH, Maimone JS, Lee HS, et al · · 2021 · cited 25× · PMID 34857731 · DOI 10.1038/s41398-021-01730-y
An Ecological Momentary Intervention Study of Emotional Responses to Smartphone-Prompted CBT Skills Practice and the Relationship to Clinical Outcomes.
Bernstein EE, Bentley KH, Nock MK, Stein MB, et al · · 2022 · cited 12× · PMID 35227403 · DOI 10.1016/j.beth.2021.09.001
A test of invariance of the construct of suicidal ideation across three diverse samples.
Mandel AA, Kleiman EM, Johnson S, Rogers ML, et al · · 2023 · cited 3× · PMID 36841297 · DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.055
Acceptability and Feasibility of an Ecological Momentary Intervention for Managing Emotional Distress Among Psychiatric Inpatients at Risk for Suicide.
Kleiman EM, Bentley KH, Jaroszewski AC, Maimone JS, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 39185950 · DOI 10.1080/13811118.2024.2391293

Verify or expand the search:

Other trials of Ecological momentary intervention

Trials testing the same drug.

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Other recruiting trials for Suicide, Attempted

Currently open trials in the same condition.

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Other Harvard University trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

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NCT06114862 — Brief Interventions on Social Media to Reduce Suicide Risk (Intervention 2) · NA · withdrawn
NCT07394465 — First Tones: Artistic Communal Practices for 4 and 5 Year Old Children · NA · completed
NCT06217705 — Testing the Effects of Project Calm in Ukrainian Schools · NA · completed
NCT06114875 — Brief Interventions on Social Media to Reduce Suicide Risk (Intervention 1) · NA · terminated

Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03950765 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Harvard University
Last refreshed: 1 August 2019

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