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Suicide Risk Clinical Trial in Cambridge, MA

Access cutting-edge suicide risk treatment through this clinical trial at a research site in Cambridge. Study-provided care at no cost to qualified participants.

Sponsored by Cambridge Health Alliance

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Why Participate?

  • No-Cost Study Care

  • Local to Cambridge

    Convenient for MA residents

  • Cutting-Edge Treatment

    Access to innovative therapies

  • Expert Medical Care

    Close monitoring by specialists

  • Possible Compensation*

    For time and travel

*Compensation varies by study. Confirm details with coordinator.

Simple Process

  1. 1Submit this form
  2. 2Phone screening
  3. 3Visit Cambridge site if eligible
  4. 4Begin participation

About This Suicide Risk Study in Cambridge

The proposed Center will leverage burgeoning real-time data linkage capabilities among health systems, Medicaid payors, and criminal legal (e.g., jail booking data, jail release data) systems, to identify individuals coming in and out of jail for suicide assessment and prevention, and to better coordinate care across these disparate systems. This Center will advance the fields of suicide prevention and criminal legal system-based mental health by solving a well-known, central problem in both fields: the inability to track and intervene with individuals moving in and out of both and often multiple systems. The goal is near-term reductions in the U.S. suicide rate.

Sponsor: Cambridge Health Alliance

Who Can Participate

Inclusion Criteria

Treatment as Usual (TAU) arm
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) patients from the cities other than Cambridge considered to be in the "catchment area" of CHA (Everett, Chelsea, Somerville, Medford, Malden, and Winthrop)
Ages 18-100
Identified as having police involvement between 2009 and 2025. Treatment as Usual patients will be identified using "targeted limited chart review methods" used in our prior studies, "scraping" clinical notes in the Electronic Health Records for criminal legal involvement. Initial Identification terms, "police", "arrest", "court", "summons", "jail", and "crime" will be used to identify candidates for police involvement, downloading the sentence in which the keyword appeared and the sentence before and after. Next, an iterative process of editing of the search terms will be conducted to remove patients with negation of the keyword ("did not commit a crime"), and other sentence characteristics that generate false positives ("cardiac arrest"). Samples of the resulting dataset will be taken, accuracy assessed by examining the surrounding sentences, leading to further iterations and repetition of the process until a high level of accuracy is achieved.
Cambridge Health Alliance patients from Cambridge
Ages 18-100
Individuals who have come into contact with the Cambridge Police Department (as identified in the FSJS data) between 2009 and 2025.
FSJS+Navigator arm
Recruited during the study period in the CHA ED
Ages 18-100
Individuals who are brought into the Emergency Department under police supervision (excluding individuals currently incarcerated)
involuntarily brought to the Emergency Department for psychiatric evaluation because they are considered to be a risk to themselves or others (MA Law 123(12)); or
the subject of a police call for service for a mental health issue who are willingly admitted to the Emergency Department

Exclusion Criteria

Treatment as Usual (TAU) arm
Cambridge Health Alliance patients residing in the City Cambridge are excluded from the TAU arm
Under the age of 18
Individuals with no identified criminal legal system contact during the study time period (no criminal legal involvement found in the targeted limited chart review method).
Any individual incarcerated at the Middlesex Jail/Prison that has not been released by the end of the period of data collection (December 31, 2025).
Cambridge Health Alliance patients outside of Cambridge will be excluded from the FSJS arm
Under the age of 18
Any individual incarcerated at the Middlesex Jail/Prison that has not been released by the end of the period of data collection (December 31, 2025)
FSJS+Navigator arm
Under the age of 18
Any individual who becomes incarcerated during the course of the study
Individuals who enter the Emergency Department not under police supervision
For example, individuals will be excluded who voluntarily come to the ED seeking psychiatric care because they feel they may be a risk to themselves or others
Individuals brought to the ED from a jail or court ordered to the ED as an alternative to jail or prison

Not sure if you qualify? Submit your interest and a study coordinator will help determine your eligibility.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q:Is this study available in Cambridge?

Yes, this clinical trial (NCT06564948) has an active research site in Cambridge, MA that is currently enrolling participants.

Q:Is it safe to participate?

Clinical trials follow strict safety guidelines and ethical standards. This study has been reviewed and approved, and participants are closely monitored by medical professionals. You can withdraw at any time.

Q:Will I be compensated?

Many clinical trials offer compensation for your time and travel expenses. Specific compensation details will be discussed during the screening process. All study-related medical care is provided at no cost.

Q:Can I leave the trial if I change my mind?

Absolutely. Participation is completely voluntary. You have the right to withdraw from the study at any time, for any reason, without penalty.

Still have questions? Our study coordinators are here to help.

Suicide Risk Treatment Options in Cambridge, MA

If you're searching for suicide risk treatment options in Cambridge, MA, this clinical trial (NCT06564948) may be an excellent opportunity. Clinical trials provide access to cutting-edge treatments that aren't yet available to the general public, often at no cost to participants.

Our Cambridge research site is actively enrolling participants for this clinical trial. You'll receive care from experienced suicide risk specialists who are at the forefront of medical research. All study-related care, including examinations, treatments, and monitoring, is provided at no cost to qualified participants.

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