Recruiting

OP-ENS - CL

Sponsor:

Susan Magasi

Code:

NCT06941233

Conditions

Disabled Persons

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Our Peers - Empowerment and Navigational Support - Community Living (OP-ENS - CL)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a remote peer navigator intervention (OP-ENS - CL) for people with newly acquired physical disabilities returning to community living after rehabilitation improves self-reported social support, health, and community participation. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Do people with acquired physical disabilities who receive the remote peer navigator intervention experience greater social support and self-efficacy than people in the control group?

Do people with acquired physical disabilities who receive the remote peer navigator intervention have better self-reported health and social participation outcomes than people in the control group?

Is the OP-ENS - CL intervention acceptable to people with newly acquired physical disabilities returning to community living?

Conditions

Disabled Persons

Study ID

NCT06941233

Start date

Dec 1, 2025

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Aug, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria: 1) Self-identify as a person with physical disability due to a neurological condition, including SCI, stroke, TBI, multiple sclerosis, or Parkinson's disease (according to the American Community Survey 6-Items), 2) onset of disability within the last 6 months, 3) transitioned to community living in the past 4 months, 4) able to speak, read and understand English, 5) own or have regular access to either a smartphone (Android or iOS operating system), tablet, laptop, or desktop computer with internet access. 6) adults 18 years of age or older, 7) able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria: 1) Cognitive, sensory, or physical functional limitations that interfere with effective use of the OP-ENS - CL app.

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: OP-ENS - CL Intervention

Participants will be matched with a peer navigator. As part of this complex behavioral intervention, participants and peer navigators will engage in a systematic process of barrier and strength identification, goal setting and action planning related to issues of healthcare access and quality. Participants and peers will meet remotely at least monthly over the course of the 12-month study period (but frequency is determined by participant need). Given the nature of the disability and community living experience, we anticipate the needs and therefore frequency will fluctuate over the duration of the study period. Beginning in month 10, participants and peers will engage in a period of transition planning to ensure that participants have the strategies and supports in place to assume the role of their own navigator.

no intervention: Usual Care

Participants randomized to the usual care group will continue with their usual health, healthcare, and community living services routines. Participants in the usual care group will receive a monthly newsletter with general interest information relevant to the disability community.

Interventions

Our Peers - Empowerment and Navigational Support - Community Living (OP-ENS - CL)

Op-ENS - CL is a 12-month, remote delivered peer navigator intervention. Participants will meet with a trained peer navigator who mentors nad supports them through a manualized process of collaborative conversations, barrier identification, asset mapping, goal setting, and action planning along with on-going social support and information sharing.

Primary outcome measure

  • Patient Activation Measure [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 13 months. ]
  • PROMIS Self-Efficacy Short Form [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 13 months. ]
  • PROMIS Emotional Support, short form [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 13 months. ]
  • PROMIS informational support, short form [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 13 months. ]
  • PROMIS Instrumental Support, short form [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 13 months. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Susan Magasi, PhD

312-996-4603smagas1@uic.edu

Locations

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Contacts

Elliot Roth, MD

312-238-1657eroth@sral.org

Sarah Zera, OTD, OTR/L

312-210-0523szera2@uic.edu

Principal Investigator:

Elliot Roth, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Susan Magasi

Last update posted

Aug 21, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • peer navigators
  • community health worker

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Susan Magasi on 2026-08-21.