Actively Recruiting
NavSTAR Implementation Effectiveness Trial Across a Health System
Led by Friends Research Institute, Inc. · Updated on 2025-12-03
720
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
196 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
F
Friends Research Institute, Inc.
Lead Sponsor
T
Thomas Jefferson University
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Patient Navigation (PN) interventions following hospitalization can improve outcomes for people with opioid use disorder treatment. Delivering PN interventions on a wide scale requires many resources and coordination across institutions. This will use an evidence-based process to find solutions to these significant barriers by engaging community, hospital, and patient partners. This study is being conducted to learn more about how to implement NavSTAR, a patient navigation intervention for people with opioid use disorder, across a health system. The research team showed in a previous study with 400 participants that NavSTAR significantly increased entry into opioid use disorder treatment, reduced readmissions to the hospital, and was highly cost- effective compared to treatment as usual. This study will first pilot NavSTAR with 32 patient participants across 4 hospitals in the City of Philadelphia. Then, a large trial with 720 patient participants will be conducted to see if people who need the intervention are reached, and a sustainable plan will be created to continue the intervention after the grant award period.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
NavSTAR Implementation Effectiveness Trial Across a Health System
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 18 or older
- Current diagnosis of moderate to severe opioid use disorder according to DSM-5 criteria
- Able and willing to provide informed consent in English
You will not qualify if you...
- Enrolled in opioid use disorder treatment within 30 days prior to hospitalization
- Living outside the City of Philadelphia
- Currently pregnant
- Planned discharge to a long-term inpatient care facility such as hospice
- Hospitalization due to a suicide attempt
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Karen Alexander, PhD
CONTACT
J
Jan Gryczynski, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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