Expanding the UTHealth Medical Legal Partnership to Improve Mental Health for Low-Income Individuals

November 4, 2020 updated by: Winston Liaw, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
The aim of this study is to test whether participation of low-income patients with health-harming legal needs (HHLNs) in a medical legal partnership (MLP) results in improved mental health, improved quality of life, reduced utilization, and increased resolution of HHLNs.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
160

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77093
        • Jensen Clinic

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • low-income individuals (Low-income is defined as earning less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level)
  • individuals with HHLNs
  • English or Spanish speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • self-identified as being at significant and immediate risk due to HHLNs (e.g., a situation that involves imminent risk to the patient such as domestic violence)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Medical Legal Partnership
With the medical legal partnership, lawyers are embedded in clinics, and lawyers consult with patients who are identified as having health-harming legal needs (HHLNs). This arm will also receive usual care, which includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.
Behavioral: Medical Legal Partnership
With the medical legal partnership, lawyers are embedded in clinics, and lawyers consult with patients who are identified as having health-harming legal needs (HHLNs). This arm will also receive usual care, which includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.
Behavioral: Usual Care
Usual care includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.
Active Comparator: Usual Care
Usual care includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.
Behavioral: Usual Care
Usual care includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Stress as assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: baseline
The perceived stress scale consists of 10 items, with each item ranging from 0-4, for a total score range of 0-40. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
baseline
Stress as assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: 3 months
The perceived stress scale consists of 10 items, with each item ranging from 0-4, for a total score range of 0-40. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
3 months
Stress as assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: 6 months
The perceived stress scale consists of 10 items, with each item ranging from 0-4, for a total score range of 0-40. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
6 months
Stress as assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: 12 months
The perceived stress scale consists of 10 items, with each item ranging from 0-4, for a total score range of 0-40. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Anxiety as assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale
Time Frame: baseline
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale consists of 7 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-21. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
baseline
Anxiety as assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale
Time Frame: 3 months
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale consists of 7 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-21. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
3 months
Anxiety as assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale
Time Frame: 6 months
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale consists of 7 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-21. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
6 months
Anxiety as assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale
Time Frame: 12 months
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale consists of 7 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-21. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
12 months
Depression as assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Time Frame: baseline
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale consists of 20 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-60. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
baseline
Depression as assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Time Frame: 3 months
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale consists of 20 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-60. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
3 months
Depression as assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Time Frame: 6 months
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale consists of 20 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-60. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
6 months
Depression as assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Time Frame: 12 months
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale consists of 20 items, with each item ranging from 0-3, for a total score range of 0-60. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
12 months
Quality of life as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
Time Frame: baseline
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) consists of 29 items, with 28 of the items ranging from 1-5 and 1 item ranging from 0-10, for a total score range of 28-150. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
baseline
Quality of life as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
Time Frame: 3 months
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) consists of 29 items, with 28 of the items ranging from 1-5 and 1 item ranging from 0-10, for a total score range of 28-150. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
3 months
Quality of life as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
Time Frame: 6 months
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) consists of 29 items, with 28 of the items ranging from 1-5 and 1 item ranging from 0-10, for a total score range of 28-150. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
6 months
Quality of life as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
Time Frame: 12 months
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) consists of 29 items, with 28 of the items ranging from 1-5 and 1 item ranging from 0-10, for a total score range of 28-150. A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
12 months
Number of Urgent Care Visits
Time Frame: baseline
baseline
Number of Urgent Care Visits
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months
Number of Urgent Care Visits
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Number of Urgent Care Visits
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Number of Emergency Department Visits
Time Frame: baseline
baseline
Number of Emergency Department Visits
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months
Number of Emergency Department Visits
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Number of Emergency Department Visits
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Number of Hospital Visits
Time Frame: baseline
baseline
Number of Hospital Visits
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months
Number of Hospital Visits
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Number of Hospital Visits
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Percentage of baseline health-harming legal needs that were resolved
Time Frame: baseline
baseline
Percentage of baseline health-harming legal needs that were resolved
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months
Percentage of baseline health-harming legal needs that were resolved
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Percentage of baseline health-harming legal needs that were resolved
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
University of Houston
William Marsh Rice University
Texas Medical Center Foundation

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Winston Liaw, MD, MPH, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
February 14, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
September 11, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
September 11, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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January 11, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
January 11, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
January 15, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
November 6, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
November 4, 2020

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • HSC-MS-18-1037

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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