Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Kevin Borrup

Code:

NCT06442046

Conditions

Interpersonal Violence

Structural Violence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Active Case Management

Treatment as usual

Study Details

Brief summary:

The Strengthening the Connections to Opportunities for Prevention Engagement (SCOPE) project will create a pathway for children and families from the City of Hartford to connect with a Connecticut Children's Care Coordinator (CC) in an effort to reduce levels of violence exposure.

Conditions

Interpersonal Violence

Structural Violence

Study ID

NCT06442046

Start date

Aug 19, 2024

Status verified date

Sep, 2025

Completion date

Jun 30, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • At least 8 years of age and not older than 17 years of age (until 18th birthday)
  • Hartford resident based on zip code of primary residence or parent report?
  • Accompanied by a parent or guardian who can provide consent
  • Capable of providing assent/consent
  • Able to provide consent in English or Spanish
  • Presenting at CT Children's during recruitment hours

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients whose primary complaint is for behavioral health
  • Patients in Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) or police custody

Study Design

Enrollment

225 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention

Enrolled subjects will provide the study team with email, mobile, work phone, physical contact address, and contact numbers for two or more close contacts. Families will be contacted monthly by the case manager assist with additional supports they might need. Quarterly, patients and families will be contacted and patients will be asked to complete VPET and other measures. The intervention group will receive active case management to connect affected youth to community services.

active comparator: Treatment as Usual

The comparison group will receive treatment as usual which consists of a list of community resources and a recommendation that youth not already connected with a community service provider be connected.

Interventions

Active Case Management

A case manager will work with families post-discharge to ensure that youth are connected to an appropriate community support. Case managers will also work with families to identify any social needs and provide support in accessing services as needed.

Treatment as usual

Subjects will receive a list of youth serving community service agencies and provided a recommendation to connect to them.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change from baseline violence exposure at 12 months [ Time Frame: Baseline and months 3, 6, 9, and 12 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Sharon Smith, MD

8605459295Srsmith@ccmckids.org

Rebecca Beebe, PhD

RBeebe01@connecticutchildrens.org

Locations

Connecticut Children's

Recruiting

Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106

More Information

Sponsor

Kevin Borrup

Last update posted

Sep 25, 2025

Last verified

Sep, 2025

Keywords

  • youth violence prevention

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kevin Borrup on 2025-09-25.