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Status unknownNCT00370448Updated Nov 14, 2008

Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent Suicide of Medical Students Through the School-Based Social Support System

An interventional study of school-based social support system in Healthy, sponsored by Anhui Medical University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2008-11-14.

Sponsored by Anhui Medical University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Nov 2008), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12,000
Allocation
Non-randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether school-based social support systems are effective in preventing suicide in medical students.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy

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In context

Suicide

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This study's planned enrollment of 12,000 is above the median of 104 across 560 interventional studies indexed under Suicide.

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Lead sponsor

Anhui Medical University is the lead sponsor of 102 studies on the registry; 50 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Medical university students Grades 1 through 2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Psychopath
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
12,000 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1

    Training gatekeeper recruited from students and tutors and counselors

    Behavioral: school-based social support system

  • Active comparator
    2

    Behavioral: school-based social support system

  • No intervention
    3

    Behavioral: school-based social support system

Interventions

  • Behavioralschool-based social support system

    Training gatekeeper recruited from students and tutors and counselors for group 1; training counsellors for group 2; No special intervention for group 3

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of suicide ideation

    Time frame: half of one year and one year after intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Rate of suicide attempt

    Time frame: half of one year and one year after intervention

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Wannan Medical College
    Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 14, 2008, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00370448
Lead sponsor
Anhui Medical University
First posted
Aug 31, 2006
Start date
Sep 2007
Completion
Oct 2008 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 14, 2008

Study contacts

Yehuan Sun, Ph.D.
study chair · Anhui Medical University
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