Recruiting

NCM vs. Enhanced Usual Care

Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Code:

NCT06794983

Conditions

Prisoners

Substance Use History

Chronic Medical Conditions

Psychiatric Condition

Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

In-person visit with study team member

In-person visit with NCM

Phone calls and texts

Phone calls and texts - NCM

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a short program for people being released from prison can help connect them to medical care. The main question it aims to answer is:

  • Will there be more non-emergency, outpatient clinic visits?

Researchers will compare the number of clinic visits between people who use a Nurse Case Manager (NCM) to people in enhanced usual care.

Participants will:

  • Complete surveys
  • Talk to a study team member 2-3 times, or talk to a study team member 2-3 times and talk to an NCM 6-11 times

Conditions

Prisoners

Substance Use History

Chronic Medical Conditions

Psychiatric Condition

Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Study ID

NCT06794983

Start date

Sep 19, 2025

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Apr 30, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr 30, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age 18 or older
  • eligibility for WI Medicaid and intention to enroll before release
  • substance use history (i.e., "have you ever considered your alcohol or drug use to be a problem?"), and
  • living with, or history of, a chronic medical or psychiatric condition other than substance use disorder. This is defined as ever having been diagnosed with a medical or psychiatric chronic condition, or currently taking prescription medications for a chronic condition.
  • able to read, understand, and speak English.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ineligible for WI Medicaid
  • no substance use history
  • not living with, or no history of, chronic medical or psychiatric condition

Study Design

Enrollment

488 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Phone Group

Participants will receive phone calls and texts.

experimental: Phone + Nurse Case Manager (NCM) Group

Participants will work with a nurse case manager, who will call and text.

Interventions

In-person visit with study team member

Participants meet with a study team member before they are released from prison.

In-person visit with NCM

Participants meet with a NCM before they are released from prison.

Phone calls and texts

Study team member calls and texts participants after they are released from prison.

Phone calls and texts - NCM

Nurse case manager calls and texts participants after they are released from prison.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants who attend a Non-Emergency Outpatient Visit within 60 Days of Release From Prison [ Time Frame: 2 months post-release, approximately 5 months on study ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Maggie Chilsen

608-263-2704mchilsen@wisc.edu

Locations

University of Wisconsin

Recruiting

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705

Contacts

Maggie Chilsen

608-263-2704mchilsen@wisc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Last update posted

Mar 13, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Wisconsin, Madison on 2026-03-13.