Clinical trials: Firearm Behaviors
Firearm Injury, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Randomized Trial to Improve Safe Firearm Storage
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of providing gun locks to caregivers of children presenting to the emergency department for mental health concerns.
- Conditions
- Firearm Injury, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Suicide and Self-harm, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- FARTHER (NCT05568901)
- Testing
- Lethal means counseling, Provision of Cable-style gun locks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Lethal Means Safety, Brief Intervention
Testing Family Firearm Secure Storage Training (FFAST) to Prevent Suicide
Firearms are the lethal means used in over 70% of Veteran suicides with rates of Veteran deaths via self-induced firearm injury rising dramatically (by 64.8%) from 2001 to 2022.
- Conditions
- Lethal Means Safety, Brief Intervention, Concern Significant Others
- Trial name
- FFAST RCT (NCT07692854)
- Testing
- The Family Firearms Secure storage Training (FFAST) Intervention, Health and Stress Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Lethal Means Counseling Skill
Pathways 2 Safety: AI-Simulated Clients for Experiential Learning in Behavioral Health Education
The goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of practicing lethal means counseling skills with an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered client compared to practice with a live actor.
- Trial name
- NCT07873658
- Testing
- Lethal means counseling training and skills practice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
PTSD, Firearm Injury
Project Safe Guard-Trauma
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if a counseling intervention, Project Safe Guard-Trauma (PSG-T), increases secure firearm storage practices in adults who screen positive for posttraumatic stress…
- Conditions
- PTSD, Firearm Injury, Suicide Prevention, Firearm Safety
- Trial name
- PSG-T (NCT06876740)
- Testing
- Project Safe Guard - Trauma, Project Safe Guard
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Suicide
Implementing A Secure Firearm Storage Program in Illinois Health Centers in Partnership With AllianceChicago and the Illinois Primary Health Care Association (COMMUNITY ASPIRE)
This randomized controlled trial will take place in up to 15 community health centers across the state of Illinois. Researchers will be studying S.A.F.E.
- Trial name
- NCT06886776
- Testing
- Implementation package (training and facilitation)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,086 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Suicide, Attempted, Suicide, Completed
Virtual Reality Lethal Means Safety Training
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to determine whether a virtual reality (VR) training program can help healthcare providers improve their skills in discussing suicide prevention and safe storage of firearms and…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Attempted, Suicide, Completed, Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Training
- Trial name
- NCT07219355
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Lethal Means Safety Training, 2D Video Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Arlington
Suicide, Firearm Injury
Emergency Room Firearm and Medication Safety Intervention
Seventeen United States Veterans die by suicide each day. Nearly three-fourths of those Veterans die from firearm injury or poisoning, and many seek care in VA Emergency Departments (ED) prior to suicide attempts.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Firearm Injury, Overdose
- Trial name
- NCT04797221
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Gun Violence Prevention, Adolescent Behavior
Supportive Hospital-Based Intervention for Firearm Trauma
This study is a quasi-experimental design, specifically a non-randomized controlled trial (NCT) designed to test the effects of gun violence reduction intervention including MI for youth ages 16-24 years old who present to the…
- Trial name
- SHIFT (NCT06712940)
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing and Firearm Safety Training, with Case Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Medical Student Knowledge of Firearm Violence Epidemiology, Medical Student Knowledge About Firearm Safety Procedures
Medical Student Firearm Safety Counseling Follow-Up Study
The preclinical curriculum related to firearm violence and safety counseling at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) has been expanded for the Class of 2027, informed by the results and conclusions of an initial study…
- Conditions
- Medical Student Knowledge of Firearm Violence Epidemiology, Medical Student Knowledge About Firearm Safety Procedures, Medical Student-initiated Clinical Firearm Safety Counseling
- Trial name
- NCT06241937
- Testing
- Expanded Clinical Firearm Safety Counseling Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Suicide
Gun Locks in Firearm Suicide Intervention
This study compares the effectiveness of two interventions for suicide over the course of a month. The experimental intervention includes the provision of a gun lock with video instructions, in addition to standard suicide risk…
- Trial name
- NCT03835585
- Testing
- Gun lock, Suicide Risk Assessment, Safety Planning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Firearm Injury
Store Safely: Rural Firearm Injury Prevention for Families
The researchers are testing a firearm safety prevention strategy tailored for families with children who reside in a rural area. Researchers hypothesize that the intervention will lead to improvements in household firearm storage.
- Trial name
- NCT06719713
- Testing
- Store Safely
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Firearm Injury
TRUsted rEsidents and Housing Assistance to Decrease Violence Exposure in New Haven
The overall objective of this study is to implement and test a strengths-based, community-driven intervention to reduce gun violence by (1) improving housing stability through providing financial assistance coupled with…
- Trial name
- TRUE HAVEN (NCT05723614)
- Testing
- TRUE HAVEN
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61,770 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Violence, Substance Use
Project IntERact Study
This study will use a randomized control trial design (RCT) to pilot test a multisession remote therapy behavioral intervention for risky firearm behaviors and associated behaviors/consequences among adolescents.
- Conditions
- Violence, Substance Use, Criminal Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03940716
- Testing
- IntERact
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Suicide, Suicide, Attempted
Improving Firearm Storage in Alaska Native Villages
Rates of suicide among young Alaska Native males are over ten-fold higher than among a similar age cohort in the rest of the United States. A high proportion of these deaths are associated with firearms.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Wounds and Injuries
- Trial name
- NCT00643812
- Testing
- Installation of gun locker in household
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Suicide Prevention
Developing and Piloting an Implementation Strategy for a Brief, Motivational Interviewing-based Lethal Means Safety Counseling Intervention in Primary Care Settings
Suicide prevention remains a significant priority and nearly three-quarters of Veteran suicides result from firearm injury. Since access to lethal means of self-harm increases the risk of injury, the VA/DoD Clinical Practice…
- Trial name
- CDA-2 (NCT07247916)
- Testing
- RAMP, Active control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hospital-based Violence Intervention, Community Firearm Violence
The HVIP+ Community Model
The present study will use an optimization randomized control trial design to test the preliminary efficacy of a Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program (HVIP) in Central Arkansas.
- Conditions
- Hospital-based Violence Intervention, Community Firearm Violence, Firearm Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT07539142
- Testing
- Brief Bedside, Peer Support, Case Management + Voucher
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Virtual Reality, Simulation Based Medical Education
Virtual Reality Intervention to Support Clinicians' Firearm Safety Counseling Behaviors
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the efficacy of REACH Firearm Safety in a sample of pediatric residents. The main question it aims to answer are: Do residents who have completed REACH Firearm Safety have increased…
- Conditions
- Virtual Reality, Simulation Based Medical Education, Firearm Injury
- Trial name
- REACH_CCTST (NCT06108141)
- Testing
- Resident Education And Counseling on Household Firearm Safety, Modified American Academy of Pediatrics Safer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Dementia, Mild, Depression
Decision Making Tool for Firearm Storage
This is a one-arm pilot study testing the feasibility and acceptability of a decision aid about safe firearm storage.
- Trial name
- NCT06382194
- Testing
- Decision aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Mental Health Disorders, Suicide or Selfinflicted Injury by Firearms and Explosives
Firearm Storage Device Distribution to Families of Children With Mental Health Complaints
This study aims to describe the baseline rate of safe firearm storage device use in the homes of pediatric patients with mental health complaints treated in the Emergency Department (ED) and/or inpatient psychiatric unit of an…
- Trial name
- NCT03386409
- Testing
- Free safe firearm storage device distribution, Low cost safe firearm storage device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Suicide
Identifying Effective Approaches to Counseling on Firearm Safety
Each year in the United States (U.S.), over 40,000 individuals die by suicide, and approximately half of these deaths occur by intentional, self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
- Trial name
- NCT03272048
- Testing
- Lethal Means Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Florida State University