# Strengthening effectiveness, implementation discovery in a suicide prevention RCT

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · 2020 · $132,047

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
We are requesting supplemental funds to add a recruitment and treatment site for our randomized controlled
trial (RCT) studying the effectiveness of the Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP). The
primary aim of the RCT is to determine the effectiveness of ASSIP in reducing suicide reattempts in a “real
world” US community mental health setting. We also aim to identify incremental cost effectiveness and
implementation costs, barriers, and facilitators for a health care system considering delivering ASSIP.
Supplemental funding will enable our team to add Strong Memorial Hospital (SMH) in Rochester as a new site,
thereby increasing pace of enrollment, ensuring that recruitment targets are met, and providing greater
diversity for studying implementation. The additional site will accomplish the following goals:
1. Provide greater diversity and opportunity for identifying barriers and facilitators for the incremental cost-
effectiveness analyses. With two clinics providing treatment, we will greatly increase our ability to deliver
 useful information to future Zero Suicide stakeholders regarding cost and other factors needed for effective
implementation.
2. Reduce bias due to site/therapist effects. A second treatment site will mitigate the influence of a single
 clinic, or even a single therapist, on study effect. The contrast between the Syracuse (parent) and Rochester
 (supplement) sites will provide opportunity for post-hoc exploration of differences in study effects and
 implementation variables of interest.
3. Maintain the timeline of the parent award, which was designed to coincide with NYS funding and timeline
of the SAMHSA Zero-Suicide grant (responsive to NIMH NOI to Highlight High-Priority Time-Sensitive
Research Opportunities). With state support ending in September 2022, it is crucial that we speed
recruitment and keep to the original timeline.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10134616
- **Project number:** 3R01MH119264-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Anthony R Pisani
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $132,047
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-05-20 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10134616

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10134616, Strengthening effectiveness, implementation discovery in a suicide prevention RCT (3R01MH119264-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10134616. Licensed CC0.

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