Who is eligible for clinical trial NCT05000749?

Participants must meet protocol criteria for Suicide, Attempted. Confirm exact inclusion and exclusion requirements with the study coordinator.

Does clinical trial NCT05000749 provide travel or cost reimbursement?

Check with the site coordinator at the participating facility for travel and lodging stipend availability, and for which routine-care costs are covered.

🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-01-20

DBT Skills Groups for Veterans at High Risk for Suicide Attempt (NCT05000749)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

Veteran suicide death is a national crisis. Risk factors include emotion dysregulation, which occurs across mental health disorders. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based suicide intervention that targets emotion dysregulation but is resource-intensive and not widely available at VHA. A more efficient evidence-based DBT Skills Group (DBT-SG) is associated with reduced suicidal ideation and emotion dysregulation and likely more feasible to implement at VHA. This is a randomized controlled trial to test whether DBT-SG in addition to VHA treatment-as-usual, compared to only VHA treatment-as-usual, reduces Veteran emotion dysregulation.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (7 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (4 items).

Location: VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA — San Diego, California

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Veteran eligible for VHA care at participating site
two or more suicide attempts in lifetime, with one in past 12 months, on Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
current suicidal ideation (endorsing a suicidal ideation scale of at least 1 \[passive ideation\] on C-SSRS
emotion dysregulation (score 95 or greater on DERS)
can attend group sessions
willing to provide contact information for at least one person who can help locate the participant if study staff are unable to contact them (information for three contact persons will be requested; a participant must provide at least one contact person's information to be included in the study)
access to telephone; if insufficient access to videoteleconference and local facility is using remote procedures for study, willing to request access to VA-provided device

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

Exclusion Criteria:
significant cognitive impairment (score \< 28 on modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (mTICS)
inability to read English or communicate in spoken and written English
plan to move away or be unavailable in the next 18 months

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (5 Sites)

VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA — San Diego, California
VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT — West Haven, Connecticut
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL — Tampa, Florida
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM — Albuquerque, New Mexico
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH — Cleveland, Ohio

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

🏛️ View Official NIH Record ↗