Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois

Summary

Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois (ROMI) is 5-year research study led by the University of Chicago in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) Community Outreach Intervention Projects (COIP), the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) and the American Institutes for Research (AIR). ROMI aims to understand and test strategies for linking individuals with a history of opioid use disorder who are released from Illinois jails and prisons to substance use treatment. ROMI is one of twelve grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder in criminal justice settings nationwide.

Conditions

• Opioid Use
• Opioid-use Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Case Management and Peer Recovery

A blend between a Critical Time Intervention (CTI) case management model and a peer recovery coaching approach. CORI will employ peer-based case management/recovery coaching and other transitional services (e.g., peer navigation) to provide support and service linkages to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and harm reduction interventions to reduce subsequent opioid use and related harms.

BEHAVIORAL

Naloxone-Only

Participants will be trained on naloxone administration, and upon re-entry, they will be given a naloxone kit and information on local resources for harm reduction, SUD treatment, and additional supportive services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Community Outreach Intervention Projects

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Cook County Sheriff Office

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Cook County Health & Hospitals System

  collaborator OTHER

• Lake County Sheriff Office

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• LaSalle County Jail

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Perfectly Flawed Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Jackson County Sheriff Office

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Illinois Department of Corrections

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Chicago

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Harold Pollack, PhD · University of Chicago

• Mai Pho, MD · University of Chicago

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-08-10

Primary Completion

2026-08-30

Completion

2026-08-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations