Supportive MessagesNCT07218861
You Belong and You Matter: An Exploration of Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors in LGTBQ+ Individuals
A study testing Supportive Messages in people with Supportive Messages and Control, run by Konrad Bresin at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Individuals with minoritized sexual and gender identities (i.e., LGBTQ+ individuals) are at a greater risk for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender, straight peers (Haas et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2017; Gorse, 2022). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Supportive Messages, Control
- What is being tested?
- Supportive Messages
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 55 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 15 Mar 2024to 30 Oct 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- be 18 years or older b) have an LGBTQ+ identity (e.g., a sexual orientation other than exclusively straight and/or a gender identity other than exclusively cisgender) c) report at least one self-injurious thought (e.g., suicidal or nonsuicidal self-injury ideation), or behavior (nonsuicidal self-injury, suicide attempt) in the last month
Who cannot join
- Younger than 18, exclusivilty cisgender, heterosexual, no history of SITB in the last month
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, 40208
About this study
Individuals with minoritized sexual and gender identities (i.e., LGBTQ+ individuals) are at a greater risk for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender, straight peers (Haas et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2017; Gorse, 2022). There is a dearth of empirically supported interventions for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (Linehan, 2008; Riblet et al., 2017), and those that exist are not tailored to people in the LGBTQ+ community (Gorse, 2022; Haas et al., 2010). Therefore, the aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of a brief LGBTQ+ affirming text message intervention in reducing self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among LGBTQ+ individuals.
Read the detailed description
Scope of the work
LGBTQ+ individuals are at a greater risk for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender, straight peers. Despite this known risk, there are no culturally sensitive empirically supported treatments for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors for LBGTQ+ individuals. Therefore, the aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of a brief LGBTQ+ affirming text message intervention in reducing self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among LGBTQ+ individuals. Participants will be 100 LGBTQ+ adults who report self-injurious thoughts and/or behaviors in the last month. All participants will do 14 days of ecological momentary assessment (brief assessments on their mobile device 5 times a day) pre-randomization. After this period, half the participants will receive 2 brief affirming messages a day (morning and afternoon) for 14 days, and half of the participants will receive no messages for 14 days. The text messages will be designed to communicate belonging and importance for LGBTQ+ individuals in society (e.g., "There are over 9,000,000 LGBTQ+ people in the United States. You are not alone". Then all participants will complete another 14 days of ecological momentary assessment. During the assessment periods, participants will report on experiences of discrimination, belongingness, perceived burdensome, and self-injurious thoughts. We predict that participants in the mobile health condition will have a significant decrease in self-injurious thoughts and behaviors from pre- to post-intervention, whereas there will be no change in the control condition. We also predict that participants in the mobile health condition will lead to a significant decrease in thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness. Finally, we predict that our intervention will help break the link between of experiences discrimination and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors by reducing feelings of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness in response to sexual and gender minority stress. If the effectiveness of our intervention is supported by the data, this intervention could be scaled up and be made available to the LGBTQ+ community broadly.
- Conditions
- Supportive Messages, Control
- Being tested
- Supportive Messages
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Supportive MessagesBehavioural
Participants received 28 supportive messages (2 per day) for 14 days
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Supportive Message Condition | Experimental | Supportive messages Receives: Behavioral: Supportive Messages |
| No Message Control | No intervention | Control |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Self-injurious thoughts and behavior
self reported
Measured: last two hours
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Oct 2025
- Study start15 Mar 2024
- Primary completion30 Oct 2024
- Study completion30 Oct 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Supportive MessagesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 55 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Konrad Bresin
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Konrad Bresin, University of Louisville
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07218861
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ULouisville
- Status last verified
- May 2026
- First submitted
- 16 Oct 2025
- Last updated
- 11 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- You Belong and You Matter: An Exploration of Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors in LGTBQ+ Individuals
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07218861
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ULouisville
- Conditions
- Supportive Messages, Control
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 55 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Konrad BresinUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Mar 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Oct 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Oct 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 20 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Individuals with minoritized sexual and gender identities (i.e., LGBTQ+ individuals) are at a greater risk for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender, straight peers (Haas et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2017; Gorse, 2022). There is a dearth of empirically supported interventions for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (Linehan, 2008; Riblet et al., 2017), and those that exist are not tailored to people in the LGBTQ+ community (Gorse, 2022; Haas et al., 2010). Therefore, the aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of a brief LGBTQ+ affirming text message intervention in reducing self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among LGBTQ+ individuals.
Detailed description
Scope of the work
LGBTQ+ individuals are at a greater risk for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender, straight peers. Despite this known risk, there are no culturally sensitive empirically supported treatments for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors for LBGTQ+ individuals. Therefore, the aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of a brief LGBTQ+ affirming text message intervention in reducing self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among LGBTQ+ individuals. Participants will be 100 LGBTQ+ adults who report self-injurious thoughts and/or behaviors in the last month. All participants will do 14 days of ecological momentary assessment (brief assessments on their mobile device 5 times a day) pre-randomization. After this period, half the participants will receive 2 brief affirming messages a day (morning and afternoon) for 14 days, and half of the participants will receive no messages for 14 days. The text messages will be designed to communicate belonging and importance for LGBTQ+ individuals in society (e.g., "There are over 9,000,000 LGBTQ+ people in the United States. You are not alone". Then all participants will complete another 14 days of ecological momentary assessment. During the assessment periods, participants will report on experiences of discrimination, belongingness, perceived burdensome, and self-injurious thoughts. We predict that participants in the mobile health condition will have a significant decrease in self-injurious thoughts and behaviors from pre- to post-intervention, whereas there will be no change in the control condition. We also predict that participants in the mobile health condition will lead to a significant decrease in thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness. Finally, we predict that our intervention will help break the link between of experiences discrimination and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors by reducing feelings of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness in response to sexual and gender minority stress. If the effectiveness of our intervention is supported by the data, this intervention could be scaled up and be made available to the LGBTQ+ community broadly.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Supportive Message Condition | Experimental | Behavioral: Supportive MessagesSupportive messages |
| No Message Control | No intervention | –Control |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- be 18 years or older b) have an LGBTQ+ identity (e.g., a sexual orientation other than exclusively straight and/or a gender identity other than exclusively cisgender) c) report at least one self-injurious thought (e.g., suicidal or nonsuicidal self-injury ideation), or behavior (nonsuicidal self-injury, suicide attempt) in the last month
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Younger than 18, exclusivilty cisgender, heterosexual, no history of SITB in the last month
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Supportive MessagesParticipants received 28 supportive messages (2 per day) for 14 days | Behavioural | Supportive Message Condition |
Primary outcome
Self-injurious thoughts and behavior
Time frame: last two hours
self reported
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 May 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Supportive Messages in people with Supportive Messages and Control, run by Konrad Bresin at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Self-injurious thoughts and behavior (time frame: last two hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 May 2026.