Clinical trials: Firearm Safety
Safety Issues, Injuries
An Interactive Web Platform to Teach Children Hunting, Shooting and Firearms Safety
Firearms injuries present a major pediatric public health challenge, killing >800 children ages 0-15 annually and leading to lifelong disability among >1000 survivors.
- Conditions
- Safety Issues, Injuries, Firearm Injury
- Trial name
- NCT04622943
- Testing
- firearms safety, nutrition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Injuries
The Use of Public Messaging for the Promotion of Firearm Safety to Veterans
This pilot study seeks to determine if exposure to the firearm safety public service announcement (PSA) developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is associated with changes in related beliefs and safe storage…
- Trial name
- NCT03417752
- Testing
- Exposure to firearm safety PSA, Exposure to health promotion PSA
- Volunteers
- 474 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Canandaigua VA Medical Center
Lethal Means Safety
Leveraging Video Vignettes and Social Media to Promote Safe Firearm Storage Among Veterans
Family and friends are trusted by Veterans, and can play a vital role in supporting Veteran suicide prevention. Veterans are more likely to adopt secure firearm storage if their loved ones discuss firearm safety with them and if…
- Trial name
- WAV (NCT07756697)
- Testing
- WAV videos, VA News videos, VA LMS brochure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 654 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Firearm Injury, Suicide Due to Use of Firearm
Target Safety: a Collaboration of Firearm Retailers and Health Care to Address Suicide Prevention
The purpose of the study is to understand how culturally competent messaging on secure firearm storage and temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) is perceived and accepted by firearm owners.
- Trial name
- NCT07223970
- Testing
- Temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 310 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Virtual Reality, Medical Education
An Automated Virtual Reality Intervention to Enhance Firearm Safety Counseling in Pediatrics
Clinicians will complete a screen-based automated virtual reality training intervention to learn how to counsel caregivers of pediatric patients on secure firearm storage.
- Conditions
- Virtual Reality, Medical Education, Motivational Interviewing, Gun Violence Prevention
- Trial name
- NCT07265141
- Testing
- An Automated Virtual Reality Intervention to Support Firearm Safety Counseling in Clinicians
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
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, Safety Issues
Pediatric Trauma Centers RE-AIM at Gun Safety
Universal firearm injury and violence prevention counseling of parents and patients has been recommended by multiple national organizations for over a decade, yet clinicians rarely deliver this counseling.
- Trial name
- ACTFAST (NCT06123611)
- Testing
- Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma centers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Firearm Injury, Safety Issues
Adult Trauma Centers RE-AIM at Gun Safety
The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of a comprehensive a universal firearm injury prevention program, ACTFAST (Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma…
- Trial name
- ACTFAST (NCT06302452)
- Testing
- Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma Centers
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,776 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Firearm Safety, Firearm Injury
Firearm Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Firearm injuries is the leading cause of death for children in the United States with approximately 5,000 children being injured or killed by firearms annually.
- Conditions
- Firearm Safety, Firearm Injury, Firearm Ownership
- Trial name
- NCT07482982
- Testing
- Screening Questions 1, Screening Questionnaire 2, Screening Questionnaire 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 784 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
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 Prevention
Safer Still (Exploratory Project 3)
The long-term goal is to decrease suicide and suicidal behaviors in at-risk youth through preventative interventions. Investigators propose to develop an interactive intervention ("Safer Still") to help promote safe storage of…
- Trial name
- NCT06558409
- Testing
- " Safer Still " Interactive Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care (EUC):
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Jeff Bridge
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
Medical Student Firearm Epidemiology Knowledge, Medical Student Firearm Safety Knowledge
Firearm-Safety Counseling: Medical Student Training
In the United States, nearly one in every three households contains at least one firearm, and roughly 20-25% of American adults personally own a firearm.
- Conditions
- Medical Student Firearm Epidemiology Knowledge, Medical Student Firearm Safety Knowledge, Medical Student Initiated Clinical Firearm Safety Counseling
- Trial name
- NCT05242627
- Testing
- Clinical Firearm Safety Counseling Module
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
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
Injury, Training
Evaluation of a Resident Curriculum in Firearm Injury Prevention
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based curriculum designed to teach pediatric practitioners how to provide injury prevention anticipatory guidance, emphasizing firearm injury prevention in a clinic…
- Trial name
- NCT01027104
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Suicide, Accidental Injuries
Family Safety Net - Aim 3: Randomized Control Trial
Our parallel group clinical trial of the Family Safety Net (FSN) intervention addresses two main questions: Is the Family Safety Net (FSN) intervention feasible and acceptable in two formats: motivational interviewing (FSN MI)…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Accidental Injuries, Firearm Injury
- Trial name
- FSN (NCT05657119)
- Testing
- MI FSN - Lethal Means Reduction, Scripted FSN - Lethal Means Reduction, General Firearm Safety Intervention - General Firearm Safety
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Suicide
Adolescent and Child Suicide Prevention in Routine Clinical Encounters
The objective of this study is to compare two approaches to implement an evidence-based firearm safety promotion program, S.A.F.E. Firearm, in pediatric primary care as a universal suicide prevention strategy.
- Trial name
- ASPIRE (NCT04844021)
- Testing
- Nudge, Nudge+
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47,307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Firearm Injury
Safety Education in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study
The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of video-based safe firearm storage education in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Trial name
- SEED (NCT05168878)
- Testing
- 30-second BeSMART video, 3-minute BeSMART video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 407 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
Firearm Injury, Safety Issues
BeSMART Secure Storage Counseling in the Inpatient Setting
Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death for American youth. While most of these deaths are homicides, approximately one third are suicides and 5% are unintentional shootings where a child gains access to an unsecured…
- Trial name
- BeSMART (NCT06485141)
- Testing
- Safe Storage Intervention, Safe Kids Medication
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center