Integrated e-Health (Electronic Health) for HIV and Substance Use Disorders in Justice Involved Women

NCT ID: NCT05547048

Last Updated: 2025-05-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-07-25

Study Completion Date

2027-04-01

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this 2-site (CT, AL) study is to test innovative interventions to reduce stigma and improve the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and opioid use disorder (OUD) care continua in women involved in the criminal justice system (WICJ).

This study evaluates a newly validated PrEP decision aid and eHealth for integrated PrEP and MOUD compared to a decision aid-only for WICJ with OUD.

Detailed Description

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Problem: There is urgent need to reach women involved in criminal justice (WICJ) for lifesaving, evidence-based PrEP and medications for OUD (MOUD), using innovative healthcare delivery models that surmount existing social and structural barriers to engagement.

Purpose: This study uses a newly validated decision aid and eHealth to remotely deliver integrated PrEP and MOUD to community-based WICJ with OUD in New Haven, Connecticut (CT) and Birmingham, Alabama (AL).

Methods: 250 PrEP-eligible WICJ with OUD will undergo randomization to: a) the "Athena" strategy, which includes the decision aid + eHealth for remote integrated PrEP/MOUD with a provider using outputs from the decision aid; or b) decision aid-only with referral to community-based PrEP/MOUD. Randomization will be stratified by site; past 6-month use of any stimulants; and baseline receipt of MOUD. Follow-up study assessments occur at months 1, 3, and 6. To understand implementation, the investigators will conduct population modeling and engage with relevant stakeholders through focus groups using nominal group technique and in-depth individual interviews.

Aims: The Aims of the project are: 1) To compare the Athena strategy to decision aid-only in terms of patient-level engagement in the PrEP and OUD care continua, considering key site differences; and 2) To assess scale-up potential of the Athena strategy in terms of modelled long-term outcomes and how stakeholders interact with eHealth for integrated PrEP/MOUD in WICJ in two diverse epidemiological and implementation contexts (CT and AL), using standardized definitions of implementation outcomes.

Conditions

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HIV Opioid Use Disorder eHealth

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This study will compare the Athena strategy to a decision aid-only intervention.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Athena Strategy

Virtual care model that includes direct synchronous videoconferencing with a provider, telephone/ texting communication, electronic health records, e-prescribing for the purposes of delivering PrEP and medications for opioid use disorder. This is combined with a decision aid for PrEP

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Athena strategy

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

eHealth for integrated PrEP/medications for opioid use disorder + decision aid

Decision Aid

Decision aid for PrEP tailored for justice-involved women with opioid use disorder

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Decision Aid

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decision aid for PrEP tailored for justice-involved women with opioid use disorder

Interventions

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Decision Aid

Decision aid for PrEP tailored for justice-involved women with opioid use disorder

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Athena strategy

eHealth for integrated PrEP/medications for opioid use disorder + decision aid

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* cis-women
* have access to a working mobile or landline phone
* Lifetime CJ-involvement (probation, parole, intensive pretrial or community supervision, or release from prison/jail)
* are confirmed HIV-negative by point-of-care 3rd generation HIV antibody test
* meet clinical criteria for PrEP
* have opioid use disorder (regardless of baseline treatment status)

Exclusion Criteria

* unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
* pregnant or breast-feeding
* currently taking PrEP at the time of study enrollment
* not comfortable conversing in English or Spanish.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carolina Price, MPA

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Yale University

Jaimie P Meyer, MD, MS, FACP

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Locations

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University of Alabama in Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Adrienne L Marable

Role: CONTACT

(203) 737-3393

Facility Contacts

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Ellen Eaton

Role: primary

205-934-3411

Carolina Price, MPA

Role: primary

203-499-8075

References

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Meyer JP, Brunson S, Price CR, Mulrain M, Nguyen J, Altice FL, Kyriakides TC, Cropsey K, Eaton E. Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of integrated eHealth for PrEP and medications for opioid use disorders for women in the criminal legal system. The Athena study. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Jan 17;20(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s13722-024-00534-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39825419 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1R01DA057342-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2000033006

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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