One-Stop clinic aims to cut repeat infections in drug users
NCT ID NCT06513156
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a combined infectious disease and substance use disorder clinic can reduce infection-related hospital readmissions. 304 hospitalized adults with opioid or stimulant use disorder and related infections will be randomly assigned to either the integrated clinic or usual care. The integrated clinic offers medication for substance use and infection care in one appointment, either in person or via telemedicine, for at least 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Integrated Infectious Diseases and Substance Use Disorder Clinic (behavioral intervention combining medication and infectious disease care)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this integrated clinic model could reduce infection-related hospital readmissions and improve health outcomes for people with substance use disorders.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial (Phase NA) with 304 participants, and the intervention is behavioral, so results may vary across hospitals and may not be widely adopted.
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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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About 304 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years 2. Admitted to study hospital (defined as hospitalized with a primary team that is not Emergency Medicine) 3. Injection opioid or stimulant use in past 90 days - per patient self-report 4. Active suspected or confirmed qualifying infection (see list) at time of admission. Qualifying infections: * Non-vertebral osteomyelitis * Vertebral osteomyelitis or discitis * Epidural, subdural, or extradural abscess * Intracranial or intraspinal abscess * Native joint septic arthritis * Prosthetic joint septic arthritis * Blood stream infection (bacterial or fungal) * Native valve Endocarditis * Prosthetic valve endocarditis * Cardiac Implantable electronic device infection * Infectious pseudoaneurysm and aneurysm * Infected vascular graft * Septic venous thrombosis * Skin and Soft tissue infection (cellulitis, skin abscess, necrotizing fasciitis) * Infected skin ulcer * Orthopedic hardware infection * Muscle abscess/myositis * Central nervous system infection (bacterial or fungal) * Bacterial or fungal ophthalmologic infection * Other abscess * Pulmonary septic emboli * Other acute bacterial or fungal infection deemed appropriate by site study team Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Infection due to a cause other than injection drug use, per determination of a site PI. 2\. Inability to provide consent due to circumstance (e.g., sedated, intubated), language, or cognitive impairment. 3\. Unwilling to provide informed consent 4. Unable to receive potential interventions due to geography 5. On comfort measures or planned for discharge to hospice care 6. Incarcerated at the time of hospitalization 7. Other criteria at the discretion of the site investigator
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory University
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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George Washington University
RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20052, United States
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University of Maryland Baltimore
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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West Virginia University
RECRUITINGMorgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States
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