Job training may boost recovery for substance use
NCT ID NCT07216612
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if a special job training program helps people with substance use disorder recover better. About 50 adults in West Virginia who are in a day report program will either get the job training or standard help. Researchers will check if the training improves their recovery and reduces rule violations over 6 months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Active client of the Greenbrier County, West Virginia Day Report program. * 18+ years of age * An adult who has been charged with a nonviolent felony or misdemeanor offense and have a substance abuse problem. Exclusion Criteria: * Persons with a prior felony conviction in which he/she used force against another person with intent to cause serious bodily harm or death * An offender is currently charged with a sexual offense or any offense involving a child victim or offense involving the illegal use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon. * If death or serious bodily injury occurred to any person during an offender's crime or if any offender used force against another person during an offender's crime or if any offender used force against another person during the crime.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Lewisburg, West Virginia, 24901, United States
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