Recruiting

MOUD

Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Code:

NCT07224516

Conditions

Incarcerated Individuals

Correctional Institutions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

SAMHSA

Learning Collaborative

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to improve health outcomes for incarcerated individuals by increasing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) use, using scalable and cost-effective methods that could be applied more broadly in the criminal justice system.

Conditions

Incarcerated Individuals

Correctional Institutions

Study ID

NCT07224516

Start date

Feb 5, 2026

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Aug, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria - Sites:

  • Have an interest in embedding or increasing the use of MOUD within their site
  • Have the funds to pay for medication for the duration of the study (24 months)
  • Agree to implement or continue the use of at least one medication for opioid use disorder
  • Have leadership support at all levels including from Secretary of DOC, medical director, wardens, etc.
  • Sign a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or Information Sheet
  • Agree to provide data described in the Information Sheet

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Failure to meet eligibility criteria

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Policy Academy

Departments of Corrections (DOCs) which previously completed the SAMHSA Policy Academy will be recruited for the Policy Academy.

experimental: Multi-site Learning Collaborative (LC)

The LCs will include learning sessions at baseline and monthly coaching sessions thereafter in the 12 month intervention period to provide training and technical assistance on the study protocol, types of MOUD and their clinical effectiveness, strategies to reduce stigma towards MOUD, approaches to overcoming common MOUD implementation barriers, and strategies to increase use and reduce burden of MOUD.

no intervention: Practice as Usual

This arm will conduct practice as usual, not using the updated MOUD practices.

Interventions

SAMHSA

Implement the scale-up of MOUD

Learning Collaborative

The LCs will include learning sessions at baseline and monthly coaching sessions thereafter in the 12 month intervention period to provide training and technical assistance on the study protocol, types of MOUD and their clinical effectiveness, strategies to reduce stigma towards MOUD, approaches to overcoming common MOUD implementation barriers, and strategies to increase use and reduce burden of MOUD.

Primary outcome measure

  • Reach of systems-change for scaling medications for MOUD [ Time Frame: 2 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jessica Vechinski, MSW

414-899-4324jvechinski@wisc.edu

Locations

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Recruiting

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53706

Contacts

Jessica Vechinski

414-899-4324jvechinski@wisc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Todd Molfenter, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Last update posted

Feb 13, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • Correctional staff

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 2026-02-13.