The Community Paramedic Response and Overdose Outreach With Supportive Medical-Legal Services Study

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorDuke University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test the CROSSROADS intervention. CROSSROADS is designed for people who have recently survived an opioid and/or stimulant-related non-fatal overdose and had contact with staff from a Community Paramedic (CP) program.

Participants will be randomly placed into one of two groups:

1\) Standard of care from the CP program, or 2) CROSSROADS, which includes CP care plus a Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP). The MLP helps people with legal problems that can affect their health-- like issues with housing or public benefits.

Researchers will test if the CROSSROADS intervention reduces drug use and involvement with the criminal legal system.

People in the study will be followed for one year and asked to complete surveys at the beginning, and again at 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

18 years old or older;

Has interacted with a CP team (and, thus, experienced a non-fatal opioid and/or stimulant overdose) in the last 30 days;

Has independent legal agency

Able to independently provide informed consent; and

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Community Paramedic Standard of Care (CP SOC)
  • CROSSROADS

Treatment groups

400 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Duke University

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator