mHealth Service Linkage for Young Adults Impacted by the Criminal Legal System (LYNX)
13 mei 2026 bijgewerkt door: Emily Dauria, University of Pittsburgh
Technology Enhanced Substance Use and HIV Service Navigation for Justice-Involved Young Adults
This study is designed to test Project LYNX, a program designed to help young adults (ages 18-29) with recent criminal legal system involvement can find and get connected to substance use and HIV-prevention services in the community. The program combines support from a trained peer navigator with easy-to-use digital tools.
The study will:
- Adapt an existing navigator program by adding new digital (eHealth) tools that were co-developed with young adults. These tools will help navigators refer participants to the right health services.
- Refine and test the updated program to make sure it works well and is easy to use.
- Evaluate whether the program is feasible, acceptable, and helpful in linking young adults to substance use treatment and HIV-prevention services.
The overall goal is to create a practical, user-friendly system that supports young adults find and get connected to services for substance use and HIV prevention that they need.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Nog niet aan het werven
Conditie
Interventie / Behandeling
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Geschat)
50
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
In dit gedeelte vindt u de contactgegevens van degenen die het onderzoek uitvoeren en informatie over waar dit onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd.
Studiecontact
- Naam: Emily Dauria, PhD, MPH
- Telefoonnummer: 412-383-0732
- E-mail: efd16@pitt.edu
Studie Contact Back-up
- Naam: Sheridan Sweet, MPH
- Telefoonnummer: (412) 613-8817
- E-mail: SHS406@pitt.edu
Studie Locaties
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Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, 15206
- University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health
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Deelname Criteria
Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
- Volwassen
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Ja
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
- Self-report recent criminal legal involvement (past year);
- Self-identify as HIV-negative
- Endorse behaviors in the past 6 months indicating consideration of PrEP per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) risk indices
- Meet the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) Tools' criteria for identifying the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) substance use disorder
- Are conversant in English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Being on PrEP
- Cognitive delays that would interfere with consent or participation
- Inability to provide contact information for >2 locator individuals
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Preventie
- Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Enkel
Wapens en interventies
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Actieve vergelijker: Standard of Care
Standard of care will involve young adults (18 to 29 years) impacted by the criminal legal system engaging in and connecting with HIV and substance use services in healthcare systems via warm referral to services in the community.
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Standard of care will involve young adults (18 to 29 years) impacted by the criminal legal system engaging in and connecting with HIV and substance use services in healthcare systems via warm referral to services in the community.
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Experimenteel: LYNX Intervention
Project LYNX is a new program designed to help young adults involved in the criminal legal system (ages 18-29) get connected to substance use treatment and HIV-prevention services.
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LYNX is an mHealth enhanced, adapted navigator program designed to refer and link young adults (18 to 29 years) impacted by the criminal legal system to services related to substance use and HIV.
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
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Linkage to substance use services
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Substance use service linkage will be attendance at a substance use service appointment via self-report via the question: " Did you attend your first appointment with your substance use treatment provider?"
Yes or No.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Linkage to PrEP Services
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis linkage will be self-reported engagement in PrEP related services in the last month via the question " Have you received any PrEP-related services in the past [month/3 months]?" Yes or No.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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PrEP Referral
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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PrEP referral be reported via self-report via the question: "Has your navigator offered to connect you to PrEP services?"
Yes or No.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Time to PrEP Linkage
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Time to linkage will be reported by the LYNX navigator based on the date they referred the participant to PrEP services and the date they recorded the participant first attended a PrEP related appointment.
We will report the average number of days between the date of referral and first appointment attendance.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Receipt of PrEP Prescription
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Receipt of a PrEP prescription will be identified via self-report via the question "Have you received a prescription for PrEP?".
Yes or No.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Fill of PrEP Prescription
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Fill of a PrEP prescription will be identified via self-report via the question: "Have you filled your PrEP prescription?"
Yes or No.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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PrEP Initiation
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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PrEP initiation will be identified via self-report via the question: "Have you started to take PrEP?" Yes or No .
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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PrEP Adherence
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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PrEP adherence will be identified via self-report via the question: "In the past 30 days, rate your ability to take your PrEP medications as prescribed?"
Very often, Somewhat often, Often, Not very often, Never.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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PrEP Persistence
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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PrEP persistence will be identified through self-report via the question: "Have you stopped taking PrEP?: Yes or No.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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Accepted Substance Use Service Referral
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Accepted substance use treatment referral will be reported via self-report via the question: "Has your navigator offered to connect you to substance use services?"
Yes or No.
We will report the number of participants that answered with each response option.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Time to Substance Use Linkage
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Time to linkage will be reported by the LYNX navigator based on the date they referred the participant to substance use services and the date they recorded the participant first attended a substance use related appointment.
We will report the average number of days between the date of referral and first appointment attendance.
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Time Frame: 4 month post-enrollment
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Navigation Satisfaction Tool
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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The Navigation Satisfaction Tool (NAVSAT) includes twelve items that address client satisfaction with navigation services (e.g., How satisfied are you with the navigator's ability to listen and understand your concerns?
How satisfied are you with the frequency of contact with the navigator?).
Items are rated on a Likert scale from 1 (extremely dissatisfied / extremely unhelpful) to 7 (satisfied/ extremely satisfied).
A total item score is calculated.
Higher scores reflect greater navigator satisfaction.
We will report the mean and the standard deviation for the NAVSAT score.
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Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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Client Intervention Satisfaction
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, 1-month post enrollment, 3-months post-enrollment
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The Study Participant Feedback Questionnaire (SPFQ) comprises 23-questions and is split into three brief, validated questionnaires capturing trial experience at baseline, mid-point, and end of the study.
The majority of items use a 5-point Likert satisfaction response scale.
Some questions use a yes/no scale.
The SPFQ is not designed to produce a single composite score.
Responses will be analyzed item by item and reported as frequency distributions for each individual question, by response.
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Baseline, 1-month post enrollment, 3-months post-enrollment
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Perceived Navigator Similarity
Tijdsspanne: Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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The Perceived Navigator Similarity scale consists of 10 items - 5 related to personal similarity and 5 related to ethnic similarity.
Patients respond to each item using a 6-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (very different) to 5 (very similar).
We will calculate a total score by summing all items, with higher scores indicating greater perceived similarity.
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Time Frame: 4-month post-enrollment
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
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Sponsor
Medewerkers
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Emily Dauria, PhD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh
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Studie record data
Deze datums volgen de voortgang van het onderzoeksdossier en de samenvatting van de ingediende resultaten bij ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieverslagen en gerapporteerde resultaten worden beoordeeld door de National Library of Medicine (NLM) om er zeker van te zijn dat ze voldoen aan specifieke kwaliteitscontrolenormen voordat ze op de openbare website worden geplaatst.
Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start (Geschat)
1 juli 2026
Primaire voltooiing (Geschat)
30 augustus 2026
Studie voltooiing (Geschat)
1 februari 2027
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
13 mei 2026
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
13 mei 2026
Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)
20 mei 2026
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)
20 mei 2026
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
13 mei 2026
Laatst geverifieerd
1 mei 2026
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- STUDY22020053 (Aim 3)
- 5R34DA057891-03 (Subsidie/contract van de Amerikaanse NIH)
Plan Individuele Deelnemersgegevens (IPD)
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NEE
Beschrijving IPD-plan
No individual participant data will be shared.
Results will be published by the investigators in academic journals.
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Bestudeert een door de Amerikaanse FDA gereguleerd geneesmiddel
Nee
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Nee
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