NCT07383831

Task-Shifting for Youth Suicide Prevention

Not yet recruiting NA Last updated 3 February 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Adapted Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A LAZOS) in Suicidal Ideation in 46 participants. Not yet recruiting.

Timeline

1 August 2026

Primary endpoint
1 December 2027

31 July 2028

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Boston College
Phase	NA
Status	Not yet recruiting
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	46
Start date	1 August 2026
Primary completion	1 December 2027
Estimated completion	31 July 2028
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Adapted Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A LAZOS)
• Usual Community Center Services

Conditions studied

• Suicidal Ideation — all drugs for Suicidal Ideation →
• Depressive Symptoms — all drugs for Depressive Symptoms →
• Adolescent Mental Health — all drugs for Adolescent Mental Health →

Sponsor

Boston College

Who can join

Adults 12 to 17, any sex, with Suicidal Ideation or Depressive Symptoms. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and mechanisms of change of a brief adaptation of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A), adapted and task-shifted to lay providers (mentors, youth trusted adults) in youth community centers (YCCs) as an upstream approach to suicide.

It focuses on Hispanic adolescents ages 12-17 enrolled in these YCCs. The pragmatic clinical trial will evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of adapted IPT-A delivered by mentors in YCCs and whether adapted IPT-A impacts mechanisms of change (depression symptoms, belongingness, and feeling like a burden to others).

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is adpated IPT-A, when delivered by trained youth mentors, feasible and acceptable in youth community centers?
* Does adapted IPT-A target key risk factors (e.g., depressive symptoms, low belongingness, and perceived burdensomeness) associated with suicide ideation? Researchers will compare adolescents randomized to adapted IPT-A (6 sessions) delivered by a trained youth mentor with those receiving usual services at the community center (one individual session focused on active listening).

Participants will:

* Be screened for subthreshold depression using the PHQ-9 adolescent version. Adolescents will be included if they score between 4 and 9 (mild depression). Adolescents with a PHQ-9 score of 10 or higher will not be eligible and will be referred to a licensed mental health provider for appropriate care.
* Be randomized to adapted IPT-A or usual care.
* Youth in the intervention arm will participate in 6 weekly adapted IPT-A sessions with a trained youth mentor focused on education, affect identification, and interpersonal skills.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.