New program aims to get meth users into treatment within 30 days
NCT ID NCT06033365
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a program that provides dedicated care navigation to people with methamphetamine use disorder. The goal was to help them enter and stay in addiction treatment, and to prevent overdoses. 192 adults from the Denver Health system who had a methamphetamine-related visit took part. The program focused on addressing social needs like transportation and communication to support treatment entry.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- care navigation (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more people with methamphetamine use disorder get into treatment quickly and reduce the risk of overdose.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study with 192 participants, so results are available but may not apply to other healthcare systems or populations. The intervention is behavioral, so individual outcomes may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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192 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age and older * identified in the Denver Health healthcare system who have had a methamphetamine-related encounter at Denver Health Exclusion Criteria: * unable to complete the interview in English * intoxicated or impaired and unable to consent to participate in the project and/or respond to the interview * currently under residential involuntary psychiatric or substance treatment order (i.e., mental health hold, emergency commitment, or short-term certification) * received any type of substance use treatment at DHHA in the last 90 days * planning to enter substance treatment * unable to complete the research visits in the next 90 days
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Denver Health
Denver, Colorado, 80204, United States
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