An interventional study of Jail Diversion into Treatment and Referral at Release in Pregnancy, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Prisoners, sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-02.
Sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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Among 16 studies in Substance-Related Disorders by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill — 2 open to participants now, 2 under way, none of them phase 3. Substance-Related Disorders · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Among the 16 studies in Substance-Related Disorders by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, this one is the 2nd largest by planned enrollment of the 14 interventional ones that give a count, is the only one that started in 2026, is one of 11 with no phase, and was the 16th registered.
2,241 studies on the registry are indexed under Substance-Related Disorders; 410 are open to participants now.
Browse Substance-Related Disorders studies →2 of the 16 studies in Substance-Related Disorders by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill are open now, in 1 country. Recruiting first, the newest first:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Sites in United States
Ages 12–14 · Healthy volunteers
By country, each count listing its studies:
Of the 265 Substance-Related Disorders studies recruiting now, 130 (49%) set no upper age limit and 117 (44%) stop at 75 or younger; 55 take children under 18; 89 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years and older · female · no healthy volunteers.
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16 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
First in 2007; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2026.
By drug class, each counting the studies that test any of its medicines:
This study's planned enrollment of 300 is above the median of 108 across 1,843 interventional studies indexed under Substance-Related Disorders.
Median enrollment 85 across the 14 interventional studies, 1,113 across the 2 observational. Of the 14 that completed or were terminated, 3 (21%) have results posted.
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is the lead sponsor of 1,373 studies on the registry; 134 are open to participants now.
Of its 161 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 139 (86%) have results posted.
None of the studies under way reaches primary completion within a year.
Among the 16 studies in Substance-Related Disorders by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from their registry updates:
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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Justice Core, an intervention that moves pregnant women with substance use disorder (SUD) from jail into community-based SUD treatment while awaiting trial, can improve the health of pregnant women compared to referring them to treatment at the time of jail release. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Researchers will compare the outcomes of women who receive the Justice Core intervention with women who receive a treatment referral when they are released from jail. They will look at how many women start and continue treatment and compare pregnancy-related and incarceration outcomes.
Participants will be asked to:
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DSM diagnostic criteria
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Justice Core Diversion Intervention
Other: Jail Diversion into Treatment
Referral at Release
Other: Referral at Release
To provide jail diversion case management services by working with legal teams, prosecutors, and judges to facilitate pre-trial diversion into SUD treatment.
To provide case management services focused on referral to community-based SUD treatment programs and other needed reentry services at the time that a release date is known.
Initiation of SUD treatment
Initiation of SUD treatment through inpatient, outpatient, or medication visit, reported as proportion of participants reporting initiation
Time frame: Within 14 days of jail release
Engagement in SUD treatment
Two or more additional SUD services or medications, reported as proportion of participants reporting engagement
Time frame: Within 48 days of jail release
Return to substance use
Use of unprescribed substances other than tobacco since the last visit, reported as proportion of participants reporting use
Time frame: At 14, 48, and 90 days after jail release
Non-fatal overdose
Non-fatal overdose since the last visit, reported as proportion of participants reporting non-fatal overdose
Time frame: At 14, 48, and 90 days after jail release
Fatal overdose
Date of fatal overdose, reported as proportion of participants reporting fatal overdose
Time frame: At 14, 48, and 90 days after jail release
Drug-use physical morbidity
Diagnosis of skin or soft-tissue infection, hepatitis, or HIV since the last visit, reported as proportion of participants reporting any diagnosis
Time frame: At 14, 48, and 90 days after jail release
Drug-use social morbidity
Damage to social relationships, finances, employment, or housing due to substance use since the last visit, reported as proportion of participants reporting any damage
Time frame: At 14, 48, and 90 days after jail release
Ongoing engagement in SUD treatment
Engagement in SUD treatment in the past 34 days, reported as proportion of participants reporting ongoing engagement
Time frame: At 90 days after jail release
Plan to share: No
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Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for Apr 2030, 42 months later.
Of 814 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Substance-Related Disorders, half reached primary completion within 35 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 18 and three quarters within 53. This study's planned 42 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 854 studies reached it within 34 months; a quarter within 17 and three quarters within 53.
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