A Comprehensive Peer Mentor-based Disease Management Program for Medically Complex Substance Users
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00993395 |
Recruitment Status
: Unknown
Verified October 2009 by Johns Hopkins University.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
First Posted
: October 12, 2009
Last Update Posted
: October 12, 2009
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Substance Addiction | Behavioral: peer mentor-based disease management | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 160 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Supportive Care |
Official Title: | A Comprehensive Peer Mentor-based Disease Management Program for Medically Complex Substance Users |
Study Start Date : | January 2010 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2013 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Peer Mentor Intervention
peer mentor-based disease management focusing on three domains: medical care, recovery, and social stabilization
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Behavioral: peer mentor-based disease management
peer mentor-based disease management focused on three domains: medical care, recovery, and social stabilization
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- adherence to first prescription refill after discharge [ Time Frame: 60 days ]
- Adherence to first medical appointment [ Time Frame: 60 days ]
- Rate of readmission and emergency department visits [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Length of stay in a recovery program [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Number of days without substance use [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Acquisition of medical insurance [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- acquisition of long-term housing [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Acquisition of financial support [ Time Frame: 3 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients admitted to an intensive day hospital focused on medically complex substanse users are eligible for enrolment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to provide informed consent

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00993395
Contact: Noreen Krause, BS | 4109553753 | nkrause1@jhmi.edu |
United States, Maryland | |
Johns Hopkins Hospital | Not yet recruiting |
Baltmore, Maryland, United States, 21287 | |
Contact: J H Young, MD, MHS 410-502-5808 jhyoung@jhmi.edu | |
Sub-Investigator: Anika H. Alvanzo, MD, MS |
Responsible Party: | Jeffery Hunter Young, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00993395 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NA_00020931 |
First Posted: | October 12, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 12, 2009 |
Last Verified: | October 2009 |
Keywords provided by Johns Hopkins University:
addiction peer mentor adherence |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Behavior, Addictive Substance-Related Disorders Compulsive Behavior |
Impulsive Behavior Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders |