Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Code:

NCT05078164

Conditions

Violence in Adolescence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Bridging the Gap (BTG)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of the study is to understand if hospital-based violence interventions are effective for reducing youth violence among violently injured youth. This study will allow researchers to learn more about the intervention's effectiveness. The researchers also want to understand if the violence intervention impacts other behaviors, such as firearm use, drug use, aggression, risky behaviors, and rates of violent re-injury.

Conditions

Violence in Adolescence

Study ID

NCT05078164

Start date

May 4, 2022

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Youth are aged 10-17 years and their adult caregivers are aged 18 years and older
2. Receiving treatment in the hospital for a violence-related injury (e.g., gunshot wound) or referred to BTG/IVPP services
3. English speaking
4. Eligible for BTG services (which includes living within the BTG catchment area for the hospital; Richmond City and neighboring counties)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Youth are < 10 years old
2. Youth are > 18 years old
3. Prisoners

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Treatment as Usual

Youth who will not receive BTG services and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.

experimental: Bridging the Gap (BTG)

Youth randomized to Bridging the Gap (BTG) services will receive a hospital-based violence prevention program with 3-months of community case management and a firearm counseling program.

Interventions

Bridging the Gap (BTG)

Bridging the Gap: Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy.

Firearm Counseling Program: The firearm counseling program was developed to be administered in the hospital alongside the 6-step intervention program, as well as in the patient's home after hospital discharge. The firearm safety counseling program includes 3 components aimed at understanding patient risk, reducing firearm-related violence risk-factors, and helping patients increase firearm safety practices.

Primary outcome measure

  • Firearm-related violence [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
  • Firearm-related carrying behaviors [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
  • Firearm-related beliefs [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
  • Firearm-related re-injury [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
  • Firearm-related mortality [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Nicholas Thomson

804-628-5541Nicholas.Thomson@vcuhealth.org

Locations

Virginia Commonwealth University

Recruiting

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298

More Information

Sponsor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Last update posted

Feb 4, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Virginia Commonwealth University on 2026-02-04.