Philly NavSTAR Implementation Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Opioid Use Disorder

In brief

Patient Navigation (PN) interventions following hospitalization can reduce the differences that certain groups have been trying to access opioid use disorder treatment. These differences, which affect racial minority groups the most, contribute to the opioid overdose epidemic. However, 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. Our 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, we will conduct a large trial with 720 patient participants to see if we can reach people who need the intervention, and create a sustainable plan to continue the intervention after the grant award period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06634277

Run by

Friends Research Institute, Inc.

People needed

32

Starts

2024-08-09

Expected to finish

2025-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 18 or older;
• current DSM-5 criteria for moderate to severe OUD;
• willing and able to provide informed consent in English.

You may not qualify if…

• enrollment in OUD treatment 30-days prior to hospitalization;
• residency outside the City of Philadelphia;
• pregnancy;
• planned discharge to a long-term inpatient care facility (e.g., hospice);
• hospitalization for a suicide attempt.

Where it is running

• Jefferson Health — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Friends Research Institute — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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