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Transitional Case Management Study

A Phase 3 interventional study of Transitional Case Management Study in Substance-Related Disorders, sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles. Completed at 4 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-11-18.

Sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
812
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To address the issues involved in treatment participation by substance-abusing parolees, the CJ-DATS Transitional Case Management (TCM) study proposes to test a parole re-entry model that consists of (1) completion by the inmate of a strengths and goals assessment as part of discharge planning, (2) a telephone case conference call that includes the inmate and significant members of the inmate's aftercare plan (including the parole officer), and (3) strengths case management (for 12 weeks) in the community to promote treatment participation and support the client's access to needed services.

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To address the issues involved in treatment participation by substance-abusing parolees, the CJ-DATS Transitional Case Management (TCM) study proposes to test a parole re-entry model that consists of (1) completion by the inmate of a strengths and goals assessment as part of discharge planning, (2) a telephone case conference call that includes the inmate and significant members of the inmate's aftercare plan (including the parole officer), and (3) strengths case management (for 12 weeks) in the community to promote treatment participation and support the client's access to needed services.

More specifically, the multi-site study will evaluate the effects of a strengths case-management intervention on community-based treatment/service admission, retention, and utilization among inmates released from supervised treatment programs. If the intervention is successful, its wider adoption would increase the likelihood that inmates enter and remain in community services.

The specific aims of this multi-site study are to:

  1. Increase the likelihood that offenders leaving prison (or other supervised setting) with a referral to community aftercare program services enroll in treatment.
  2. Increase the amount of time that such offenders participate in community treatment.
  3. Assist clients to get the services that they need during the first 12 weeks of return to the community.
  4. As a result of the above, reduce relapse and reoffending during and following treatment.
  5. Achieve the above results at a favorable cost-effectiveness ratio.
  6. Encourage closer collaboration between the treatment and criminal justice systems.

Study participants (200 at each site, 25% of will be women) will be recruited in prison (or other confined setting) from inmates who have a referral to community treatment. After informed consent and a baseline interview, they will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) the Transitional Case Management condition, and (2) the Standard Referral condition (i.e., usual transition/re-entry procedures used by the facility, including a referral to community treatment).

Individual-level outcomes will include (1) treatment admission and participation (based on data collected from programs), (2) drug use, criminal activity, and psychosocial functioning (based on telephone interviews conducted 3 months after the end of the intervention) and (3) recidivism (based on records collected 12 months after the end of the intervention). The study will also assess the impact of the intervention on organizational and system factors (based on information from the case manager, treatment staff, and criminal justice staff) and the cost effectiveness of the intervention.

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Conditions studied

  • Substance-Related Disorders
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In context

Substance-Related Disorders

2,124 studies on the registry are indexed under Substance-Related Disorders; 393 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 812 is above the median of 108 across 1,727 interventional studies indexed under Substance-Related Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles is the lead sponsor of 1,142 studies on the registry; 192 are open to participants now.

Of its 91 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 66 (73%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 years or older
  • Participate in a treatment program within a correctional institution (prison, work release, community correctional facility)
  • Have a referral to a community-based substance abuse treatment program (as arranged by correctional staff or treatment staff)
  • Within about 3 months until release
  • Being released to the metropolitan area where case manager activities are being conducted

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Referral to formal case management services in the community (e.g., for offenders with co-occurring disorders)
  • Inability to provide informed consent (as determined by a set of questions about the consent process)
  • Registered sex offender (as determined by the institution)
  • Parole requirements that would prevent participation in the study (e.g., INS hold for deportation)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
812 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • OtherTransitional Case Management Study

    In an effort to address problems involved in parole re-entry, the Transitional Case Management (TCM) intervention tested a model of strengths-based case management consisting of (1) completion by the inmate of a strengths and goals assessment as part of discharge planning, (2) a telephone conference call that included the inmate and people central to the inmate's aftercare plan (including the parole officer), and (3) strengths case management for 12 weeks in the community to promote treatment participation and increase the client's access to needed services.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treatment admission by three months following parole

    Time frame: Three months

  2. Treatment retention by three months following parole

    Time frame: Three months

  3. Drug use at nine months following parole

    Time frame: Nine months

  4. Recidivism at nine months following parole

    Time frame: Nine months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Education and employment at nine months following parole

    Time frame: Nine months

  2. HIV risk behaviors at nine months following parole

    Time frame: Nine months

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Study locations

4 sites
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California 90025, United States
  • Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
    Hartford, Connecticut 06134, United States
  • University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky 40506, United States
  • National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI)
    New York, New York 10048, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Prendergast M, Frisman L, Sacks JY, Staton-Tindall M, Greenwell L, Lin HJ, Cartier J. A multi-site, randomized study of strengths-based case management with substance-abusing parolees. J Exp Criminol. 2011 Sep;7(3):225-253. doi: 10.1007/s11292-011-9123-y. Epub 2011 Apr 21. PubMed 21949490 ↗
  • Prendergast M, Greenwell L, Cartier J, Sacks J, Frisman L, Rodis E, Havens JR. Adherence to Scheduled Sessions in a Randomized Field Trial of Case Management: The Criminal Justice-Drug Abuse Treatment Studies Transitional Case Management Study. J Exp Criminol. 2009 Sep;5(3):273-297. doi: 10.1007/s11292-009-9077-5. Epub 2009 Jul 4. PubMed 20157623 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 18, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00264329
Lead sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Collaborators
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Connecticut State, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., University of Delaware, University of Kentucky
First posted
Dec 12, 2005
Start date
Nov 2004
Primary completion
Apr 2006
Completion
May 2008
Last update
Nov 18, 2016

Study contacts

Michael L Prendergast, Ph.D.
principal investigator · University of California, Los Angeles
Jerome Cartier, M.S.
study director · University of California, Los Angeles
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