Recruiting

Medical-Legal Partnership

Sponsor:

University of Chicago

Code:

NCT07764458

Conditions

Firearm Injury

Injury Traumatic

Economic Problems

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Recovery Legal Care

HVIP Standard of Care

Study Details

Brief summary:

Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs) affiliated with U.S. trauma centers often focus on individual behavior modification to reduce re-victimization. There is a lack of reproducible evidence that has demonstrated effectiveness, given the exclusion of addressing social and economic risks, often the root cause of violent injury and preventable homicide. This study tests a novel Medical-Legal Partnership that offers legal support to address social and economic risks, reduce perceived stress, and reduce firearm injury, while collaborating with the CFVP Coordinating Center for broad trauma center distribution and public health impact.

Conditions

Firearm Injury

Injury Traumatic

Economic Problems

Study ID

NCT07764458

Start date

May 11, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Jul 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Treatment for an interpersonal violent injury at the University of Chicago Trauma Center (e.g., gunshot, stab wound, assault)
  • Ages 14+ years
  • Able to provide informed consent (18 years and older) or assent (14-17 years)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to provide informed consent due to mental status or severe mental illness
  • Prior receipt of legal services at UCMC within the past year
  • Currently imprisoned or incarcerated
  • Residing at a non-Illinois address
  • Non-English speakers

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: HVIP-MLP

This arm includes patients receiving usual care and also support from Recovery Legal Care (HVIP+MLP).

active comparator: HVIP

This arm includes patients receiving usual care (HVIP only).

Interventions

Recovery Legal Care

These patients will receive support from our HVIP standard of care (Violence Recovery Program) plus our Medical Legal Partnership (Recovery Legal Care) for additional legal support to address health-harming legal needs and public benefits.

HVIP Standard of Care

These patients will receive HVIP standard of care (Violence Recovery Program Support).

Primary outcome measure

  • Perceived Stress [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Tanya L Zakrison, MD, MPH

786-266-2228tzakrison@bsd.uchicago.edu

Elizabeth L Tung, MD, MS

773-702-6840etung2@bsd.uchicago.edu

Locations

University of Chicago Medical Center

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

More Information

Sponsor

University of Chicago

Last update posted

Aug 14, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Chicago on 2026-08-14.