Successful Transitions and Reintegration Tools for Veterans (START-VETS)

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Mental Illness; Substance Use Disorder; Recently Incarcerated

Treatments: Behavioral: START-VET; Other: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT04366531

D3225-R

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will develop prison reentry materials for Veterans leaving prison.

Full description

This study will be conducted in three phases Phase 1 is to collect qualitative data from Veterans who have recently been released from prison. The data will focus on their transition experience, stigma (both self and from others), and behaviors that interfered with success.

Phase 2a will be to develop a transition program based around the needs identified in phase 1 Phase 2b will be to develop assessment tools to be used with the program Phase 3 will be to perform a two group randomized cross over design pilot study to assess the program

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Veteran with mental illness and/or substance use disorder released from prison within the past 36 months

Exclusion criteria

• psychosis or cognitive impairment precluding active participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Monitoring/Treatment as usual

No Intervention group

Description:

Veterans will not receive any study related interventions.

Reentry Program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Veterans will receive the START-VET reentry program

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual

Behavioral: START-VET