NCT05376371

Criminal Justice Coordinated Transitional Care

Health Systems Innovations for Supporting Transitions of Care for Incarcerated People Living With HIV, Hepatitis C, and Substance Use Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 219 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project aims to enroll 220 incarcerated individuals living with HIV, Hepatitis C (HCV), or history of substance misuse preparing for release into a pilot implementation study to test the feasibility and acceptability of an adapted Coordinated Transitional Care intervention in a Criminal Justice setting (CJC-TraC). Participants can expect to be on study for up to 6 months.

Detailed description

This protocol describes the second, implementation phase of a 5-year NIH-funded research project designed to evaluate post-incarceration health care utilization and outcomes for underserved people living with HIV, HCV and substance use disorder. In the first study phase, conducted from 2020-21, the investigators analyzed Wisconsin Medicaid data to characterize the baseline level of outpatient care utilization for adults during their first 6 months after release from prison, and conducted formative research necessary to adapt an existing transitional care intervention, called C-TraC, to support individuals leaving prison. The current project aims to enroll participants in a pilot implementation study to test the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted intervention in a criminal justice setting, which has been given the name "CJC-TraC." Participants will be enrolled from one of two institutions: * men from Oakhill Correctional Institute (OCI) * women from the Wisconsin Women's Correctional System (WWCS) Primary Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of CJC-TraC when implemented in a state prison system. Secondary Objectives: To gather preliminary evidence describing the effectiveness of CJC-TraC for improving the rate of outpatient care utilization.

Conditions

• HIV
• Hepatitis C
• Substance Use Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CJC-TraC	CJC-TraC utilizes a nurse case manager (NCM) to coordinate the participant's transitional care through release from a correctional facility. The NCM will visit either in person or via telehealth with the participant up to 4 times while incarcerated, and up to 4 times after release.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-29
• Primary completion: 2024-12-03
• Completion: 2025-03-31
• First posted: 2022-05-17
• Last updated: 2025-11-17
• Results posted: 2025-11-17

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States