Effectiveness of a 24 Hour Phone Line on the Rate of Suicide Attempts in Borderline Patients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00603421 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: January 29, 2008
Last Update Posted
: February 25, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Borderline Personality Disorder | Other: 24 hour phone line Other: treatment as usual | Not Applicable |
Borderline personality disorder is very frequent among psychiatric populations, and chronic suicidality is a major problem in clinical practice with borderline patients. In a lot of countries, suicide prevention centers are available, but most of these centers are not supervised by professionals of mental health, and none is specifically oriented to the borderline population.
The main goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a 24 hour crisis phone line on the rate of suicide attempts in a clinical population of borderline patients (the effectiveness of this phone line access on the rate of self-injurious behaviours will also be studied).
In this multicentric controlled trial, 600 borderline patients (men or women, in or out-patients, between 18 and 40 years-old) are randomized in two arms :
- one with treatment as usual
- one with treatment as usual, PLUS one year of access to a 24 hour crisis phone line (with a team of psychiatrists specialized in borderline personality disorder).
All patients are assessed with standardized instruments (interviewers are blind to the patient's status), at entry (T1) and one year later (T2).
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 318 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Effectiveness of a 24 Hour Phone Line on the Rate of Suicide Attempts in Borderline Patients |
Study Start Date : | February 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Patient benefits from treatment as usual plus access to a crisis 24 hour phone line.
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Other: 24 hour phone line
24 hour phone line is available as soon as the patient himself feels necessary. This phone line is supported by professionals of mental health, all specialised in borderline personality disorder
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Active Comparator: 2
Patient benefits from treatment as usual
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Other: treatment as usual
Treatment as usual
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- Rate of suicide attempts [ Time Frame: Annual ]
- rate of self injurious behaviors [ Time Frame: annual ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 40 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 to 40 years old
- in or out-patient in one of the recruiting center
- men or women
- with a borderline personality disorder
- written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- inferior to 18 or superior to 40 years old
- schizophrenia
- severe somatic disorder
- participation refusal
- participation to another interventional study

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00603421
France | |
Hôpital St Anne | |
Paris, France, 75014 | |
Hopital Cochin Centre de recherche Clinique Paris Centre | |
Paris, France, 75679 |
Principal Investigator: | Alexandra Pham-Scottez, MD | Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne |
Responsible Party: | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00603421 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
AOM 05062 |
First Posted: | January 29, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 25, 2016 |
Last Verified: | February 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Keywords provided by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris:
borderline personality disorder suicide suicidality suicide attempt suicidal behavior |
self-injurious behavior self-harm behavior suicide prevention center telephone intervention |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Suicide Personality Disorders Borderline Personality Disorder Suicide, Attempted |
Self-Injurious Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Mental Disorders |