NCT06770101Recruiting
Suicide Assessment and Feasible Evidence-based Treatments for Youth Living With HIV in Lilongwe
Suicide Assessment and Feasible Evidence-based Treatments for Youth Living With HIV in Lilongwe: SAFETY Planning Pilot Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The overall aim of this study is to determine the feasibility, fidelity, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the Friendship Bench +Safety Planning intervention in reducing suicidal ideation and behaviors (SIBs) and improving HIV engagement amongst adolescents living with HIV (ALWH) when compared to augmented usual care.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Jan 2025
- Start date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06770101
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 60
- From 1 Jul 2025 to the primary completion date, Sept 2026
- 4 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- Refuse to participate
- Refuse to be audio-taped for in-depth interviews
Who the study is looking for
- Age 13-19
- Diagnosed with HIV
- Report current or historical suicidal ideation and behaviors (SIBs) on question 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire modified for adolescents (PHQ-9-A) and the Ask Suicide-Screening questionnaire (ASQ)
- Living in the clinic's catchment area with intention to remain for more than 1 year
- Willing to provide consent (age 18+ or 16-17 years old and married and thereby considered emancipated minors per Malawi law) or assent with parental consent (age 13-17).
Age in the registry: 13 years to 19 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (4)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lilongwe | Malawi | Recruiting |
| Area 25 Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lilongwe | Malawi | Recruiting |
| Area 18 Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lilongwe | Malawi | Recruiting |
| Kawale Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lilongwe | Malawi | Recruiting |
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