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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
3U2CDA050097-03S1
JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY TAXMAN, FAYE S (contact); FERGUSON, WARREN J; MOLFENTER, TODD DAVID; RUDES, DANIELLE Fairfax, VA 2021
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for PA-20-222: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-107
Summary:

This research is designed to further understand implementation of medication-delivery programs in jail and/or community treatment programs based on perceptions of staff delivering medications for opioid use disorder and related services. The primary study uses a mainly quantitative approach to examine medication-delivery program implementation in jail and/or treatment settings. The study compliments ongoing research by incorporating a qualitative approach to assess perceptions of diverse staff through two interviews each with 80 individuals working in jail and/or treatment facilities involved in an ongoing study. Qualitative methods will add depth and nuance to our understanding of how medication-delivery programmatic outcomes relate to correctional staff perceptions.

3R01DA045745-02S1
Intervention to Increase Naloxone Engagement and Distribution in Community Pharmacies: A Four-State Randomized Trial Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER Green, Traci C Boston, MA 2019
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591
Summary:

Expanding access to naloxone in the community through the pharmacy can be a critical mechanism for extending this lifesaving medication’s reach. This study will partner with two large retail pharmacy chains and integrate two interventions that provide knowledge and training for pharmacists to identify and effectively engage with patients who may be at high risk for an opioid overdose. The interventions will be combined into a cohesive educational program, implemented in 160 community pharmacies and tested for effectiveness. Study findings will create a generalizable, evidence-based training and toolkit for pharmacists caring for patients who use prescribed or illicit opioids, in more than 40 states adopting or expanding pharmacy naloxone.

1U2CDA050097-01
JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY TAXMAN, FAYE S (contact); FERGUSON, WARREN J; MOLFENTER, TODD DAVID; RUDES, DANIELLE Fairfax, VA 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Coordination and Translation Center (U2C Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-024
Summary:

Many individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) pass through the criminal justice system over the course of their life. Improved access to high-quality, evidence-based addiction treatment in justice settings will be critical to addressing the opioid crisis. Through the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), the National Institutes of Health will study approaches to increase high-quality care for people with opioid misuse and OUD in justice populations. The Mason Coordination and Translation Center (MCTC) will manage logistics, stakeholder engagement, and dissemination of findings and products from the JCOIN network. This will include establishing infrastructure to support research education and rapid response and pilot research.

1UG1DA050071-01
Facilitating Opioid Care Connections: System level strategies to improve use of MAT and movement through the opioid care cascade for defendants in a new Opioid Court system Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE ELKINGTON, KATHERINE S (contact); NUNES, EDWARD V; WAINBERG, MILTON L New York, NY 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

Rates of opioid use (OU), opioid use disorder (OUD), and overdose (OD) disproportionately affect those in the justice system. Yet, despite such high rates of misuse and associated negative outcomes of untreated OUD, screening and the availability or use of evidence-based treatments for OU and OUD—including medication to treat OUD—are substantially underused in justice populations. This project will leverage the unique, real-time scale-up of a new opioid court model (OCM) to address a critical public and correctional health problem by developing and evaluating an implementation intervention (OCM RISE), designed to build cross-system partnerships to permit the development of generalizable yet tailored strategies that allow the OCM to be scaled up across a variety of contexts.

1U01DA050442-01
Using Implementation Interventions and Peer Recovery Support to Improve Opioid Treatment Outcomes in Community Supervision Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA BROWN UNIVERSITY MARTIN, ROSEMARIE A; BRINKLEY-RUBINSTEIN, LAUREN ; ROHSENOW, DAMARIS J Providence, RI 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

Individuals who have been previously incarcerated have a significantly higher risk of dying from opioid overdose, particularly in the first two weeks after release. Providing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to individuals on probation or parole decreases the rate of relapse and recidivism, and increases retention in substance abuse treatment. This study will test a systems-change approach for increasing use of MOUD across a network of seven probation and parole sites to improve linkage to the continuum of evidence-based care for justice-involved individuals. Implementation outcomes include program acceptability, adoption, penetration, sustainability, and costs. Client-level effectiveness outcomes include retention, satisfaction, opioid use, opioid overdoses, recidivism, linkage to OUD treatment, and utilization of recovery services. Targeting the intersection of justice and community-based care has substantial potential for addressing the opioid crisis.

3R01DA043476-01A1S1
BUPRENORPHINE FOR PROBATIONERS AND PAROLEES: BRIDGING THE GAP INTO TREATMENT Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. GORDON, MICHAEL SCOTT Baltimore, MD 2018
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591
Summary:

A large number of probationers/parolees with opioid use disorder have limited access to effective treatment. This study is the first random clinical trial in the United States that will assess the effectiveness of buprenorphine treatment using MedicaSafe, a system composed of secure pre-packaged buprenorphine/naloxone cartridges, designed to be dispensed by a SmartKey device that enables clinicians to track patient adherence. The study will initiate treatment at a community corrections office compared to referral to a community program. The public health impact of the proposed study would be widespread, as this model of care could be implemented throughout many areas of the United States with high rates of opioid use disorder in their probation/parolee populations that lack access to methadone treatment.

1UG1DA050065-01
Improving Retention across the OUD Service Cascade upon Re-entry from Jail using Recovery Management Checkups Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. DENNIS, MICHAEL L (contact); GRELLA, CHRISTINE E; SCOTT, CHRISTY K Bloomington, IL 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

This multi-site clinical research study will collaborate with six county jails in Illinois and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) providers to test an adapted version of an evidence-based intervention, the Recovery Management Checkups (RMC) model, which provides quarterly check-ups and assistance with treatment retention and re-linkage as indicated at the quarterly check-ups. The study will determine if tailoring the check-ups to an individual’s need for treatment leads to more efficient targeting of resources to those in need, reduces the intervention burden on those with lower need, and results in an improved overall effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of RMC.

1UG1DA050074-01
Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN): TCU Clinical Research Center Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHT, KEVIN (contact); KNIGHT, DANICA K; OLSON, DAVID ; PAINTER DAVIS, NOAH Fort Worth, TX 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

NIH is supporting the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), a collaboration of justice and behavioral health stakeholders that will study approaches to increase high-quality care for people with opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in justice populations. This multi-site clinical research center aims to improve local community public health and safety outcomes for reentering justice- involved individuals who have a history of (or are at risk for) using opioids by comparing two implementation strategies and two interventions at the client and system levels. The study will also examine which implementation strategy is most effective for increasing service linkage and initiation, services retention, and improved opioid-related public health safety outcomes.

1UG1DA050072-01
Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Support (TCN PATHS) study Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA YALE UNIVERSITY WANG, EMILY AI-HUA New Haven, CT 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

Correctional settings have the potential to serve as key players in linking individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) to treatment and health services upon release. Many individuals with OUD are being treated with medications, but these efforts will be ineffective if they fail to connect people to OUD treatment upon release. The Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) program provides enhanced primary care and OUD treatment for people recently released from incarceration. In TCN, formerly incarcerated community health workers are embedded within primary care teams and address social determinants of OUD, provide social support, help patients build trust in the health system, and advocate in interactions with the criminal justice system. This study will assess the effectiveness of the TCN: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Support (TCN PATHS) intervention versus referral to standard primary care on opioid treatment cascade outcomes and whether housing, food access, criminal justice contact, and social support mediate this association.

1UG1DA050067-01
Massachusetts Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Center Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER FRIEDMANN, PETER D (contact); EVANS, ELIZABETH A Springfield, MA 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

A major driver of the U.S. opioid crisis is limited access to effective medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) that reduce the risk of overdose. Traditionally, jails and prisons in the U.S. do not initiate or maintain MOUD for inmates with OUD prior to their return to the community, which places them at high risk for fatal overdose. The Massachusetts Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) will study the outcomes and implementation of a 2018 state law that seven county jails must provide all approved forms of medication for OUD. The Chapter 208 initiative has important implications for future policy and practice in the justice and OUD treatment systems at the local, state, and national levels.

1UG1DA050066-01
Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois (ROMI) Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POLLACK, HAROLD ALEXANDER (contact); PHO, MAI TUYET; SCHNEIDER, JOHN Chicago, IL 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

Many opioid harm reduction services are designed and implemented to serve urban populations in traditional centers of opioid use and leave rural patients underserved. The proposed project seeks to demonstrate improved MAT participation, naloxone distribution, and syringe support services (SSPs) among justice-involved persons with opioid use disorders, and thus improve health and criminal justice outcomes across diverse urban and rural settings in Illinois. Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois (ROMI) is a multi-site trial that will be carried out using a hub-and-spoke model, with centralized long-standing social services infrastructure at the Community Outreach Intervention Projects (COIP) hosted at the University of Illinois at Chicago. COIP provides case management/transition of care services to justice-involved opioid users, extending resources and technical assistance to less-populated rural areas hardest hit by the opioid epidemic.

1UG1DA050077-01
A comparative effectiveness trial of extended release naltrexone versus extended-release buprenorphine with individuals leaving jail Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. GORDON, MICHAEL SCOTT (contact); MITCHELL, SHANNON GWIN Baltimore, MD 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

A large number of individuals under criminal justice supervision with opioid use disorders (OUDs) have limited access to pharmacotherapy treatment, an intervention found to reduce substance use, HIV-risk behavior, and criminal activity. This randomized clinical trial will assess the effectiveness of an extended-release buprenorphine (XR-B) formulation compared to extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) in county jail inmates prior to release. Understanding how to expand acceptance of medications for OUD, particularly long-acting medications, in jails has far-reaching implications for treatment expansion in this population.

1UG1DA050069-01
Kentucky Womens Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (WJCOIN) Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY STATON, MICHELE STATON Lexington, KY 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

Women are disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis due to increased pain sensitivity, physician prescribing practices, and self-medication, as well as a faster trajectory from opioid exposure to the development of opioid use disorder (OUD). The University of Kentucky proposes to establish the Women’s Clinical Research Center as part of the NIDA Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (W-JCOIN), with the overall goal of increasing initiation and maintenance of medications for OUD among high-risk justice-involved women in the transition from jail to the community to reduce opioid relapse and overdose. The KY W-JCOIN has the potential for significant impact on the OUD treatment field by contributing empirical evidence on the effectiveness and implementation of innovative technologies to increase initiation and maintenance of life-saving medications during a critical, high-risk time of community re-entry among vulnerable, justice-involved women in both urban and rural communities.

3U01DA036221-05S4
TRIALS COORDINATING CENTER TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE USE, HIV RISK BEHAVIORS, & CRIME Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. Dennis, Michael L Bloomington, IL 2019
NOFO Title: Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System: TRIALS (U01)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-13-009
Summary:

Less than half of youth in the juvenile justice system who meet the criteria for substance use disorders (SUD) have ever received treatment, and less than one third of those received treatment while under community or correctional supervision. SUDs during adolescence can lead to significantly longer periods of substance use, more severe offending, and penetration in the justice system. The Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (TRIALS) cooperative is intended to develop and test implementation strategies and associated measures to improve the continuum of substance abuse and HIV prevention and treatment services delivered to youth under juvenile justice supervision.

1U01DA047982-01
Long-acting buprenorphine vs. naltrexone opioid treatments in CJS-involved adults Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE LEE, JOSHUA D; FARABEE, DAVID J; MARSCH, LISA A; SCHWARTZ, ROBERT P; SPRINGER, SANDRA ANN; WADDELL, ELIZABETH NEEDHAM New York, NY 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025
Summary:

This study will assess the implementation of an evidence-based treatment in correctional settings by comparing the effectiveness of two medications used to treat opioid use disorder—extended-release buprenorphine (XR-B) vs. extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX)—among adults currently incarcerated in U.S. jails and prisons at five distinct trial sites. This study will allow providers, correctional and public health authorities, payers, and policymakers’ timely and relevant data to assess the effectiveness of these medications as potentially useful re-entry treatment options. Findings from this study have implications for expanding public safety and limiting the societal costs of heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid addictions.

3R01DA043476-02S1
BUPRENORPHINE FOR PROBATIONERS AND PAROLEES: BRIDGING THE GAP INTO TREATMENT Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. Gordon, Michael Scott Baltimore, MD 2019
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591
Summary:

A large number of probationers/parolees with opioid use disorder have limited access to effective treatment. This study is the first random clinical trial in the United States that will assess the effectiveness of buprenorphine treatment using MedicaSafe, a system composed of secure pre-packaged buprenorphine/naloxone cartridges, designed to be dispensed by a SmartKey device that enables clinicians to track patient adherence. The study will initiate treatment at a community corrections office compared to referral to a community program. The public health impact of the proposed study would be widespread, as this model of care could be implemented throughout many areas of the United States with high rates of opioid use disorder in their probation/parolee populations that lack access to methadone treatment.

1U2CDA050098-01
Methodology and Advanced Analytics Resource Center Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) NIDA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHNEIDER, JOHN (contact); POLLACK, HAROLD ALEXANDER Chicago, IL 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Methodology and Advanced Analytics Resource Center (U2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-023
Summary:

Many individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) pass through the criminal justice system over the course of their life. Improved access to high-quality, evidence-based addiction treatment in justice settings will be critical to addressing the opioid crisis. Through the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), the National Institutes of Health will study approaches to increase high-quality care for people with opioid misuse and OUD in justice populations. The Methodology and Advanced Analytics Resource Center (MAARC) will provide data infrastructure support across the network using advanced methods that provide best-in-class data storage, management and security with added value to clinical trials through products of forecasting, rapid real-time assessments, explication and exploration of trial findings, and cost-effectiveness analysis.