Coordinating Access to Care for People Experiencing Homelessness (CATCH-FI)

NCT ID: NCT03770221

Last Updated: 2022-05-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

176 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-11-19

Study Completion Date

2021-05-31

Brief Summary

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Coordinating Access to Care for the Homeless (CATCH) initiative is a multidisciplinary brief intervention for homeless adults with mental health needs discharged from hospital in Toronto, Canada. The study aims to evaluate the effect of financial incentives in facilitating treatment engagement of homeless people with mental illness, as well as in improving health, health service use and housing outcomes, compared to usual CATCH care, over 6 months, a critical time of transition from hospital to community care.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mental Health Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Financial Incentive

Participants will receive usual brief, intensive case management to connect them to health and social services and supports in the community.

Additionally, participants in this arm will receive $20 for every week they maintain contact with CATCH service providers, as required by their care plan. Contact can be by phone, text, email, or in person with CATCH service providers over 6 months of follow up, or until they are successfully transitioned to longer-term supports (for up to $80/month per participant).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

CATCH

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief, intensive case management service.

Financial Incentive

Intervention Type OTHER

Financial incentive for maintaining contact with CATCH service providers.

Usual Care

Participants will receive usual brief, intensive case management to connect them to health and social services and supports in the community.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

CATCH

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief, intensive case management service.

Interventions

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CATCH

Brief, intensive case management service.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Financial Incentive

Financial incentive for maintaining contact with CATCH service providers.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Coordinated Access to Care for the Homeless

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* able to give informed consent
* a new client of the CATCH team, recently admitted or readmitted
* at least one contact with the CATCH team

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Unity Health Toronto

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD, MHSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Unity Health Toronto

Locations

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St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Reid N, Nisenbaum R, Hwang SW, Durbin A, Kozloff N, Wang R, Stergiopoulos V. The Impact of Financial Incentives on Service Engagement Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Mental Illness: A Pragmatic Trial Protocol. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 3;12:722485. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.722485. eCollection 2021.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34413804 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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REB#: 18-196

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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