NCT06712940: SHIFT

Supportive Hospital-Based Intervention for Firearm Trauma

Recruiting now NA Last updated 17 February 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Motivational Interviewing and Firearm Safety Training, with Case Management in Gun Violence Prevention in 350 participants. Currently enrolling.

Timeline

31 August 2022

Primary endpoint
30 September 2026

30 March 2028

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Tulane University
Phase	NA
Status	Recruiting now
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	350
Start date	31 August 2022
Primary completion	30 September 2026
Estimated completion	30 March 2028
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Motivational Interviewing and Firearm Safety Training, with Case Management

Conditions studied

• Gun Violence Prevention — all drugs for Gun Violence Prevention →
• Adolescent Behavior — all drugs for Adolescent Behavior →

Sponsor

Tulane University

Who can join

Adults 16 to 24, any sex, with Gun Violence Prevention or Adolescent Behavior. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study is a quasi-experimental design, specifically a non-randomized controlled trial (NCT) designed to test the effects of gun violence reduction intervention including MI for youth ages 16-24 years old who present to the Emergency Department or ICU Spirit of Charity Trauma Center (SCTC) at University Medical Centers or another area hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana following a gunshot injury or stab wound. The study will utilize an enrollment strategy that involves alternating, across recruitment days, the assigned study condition. Thus, Day 1 participants would be enrolled into TAU, Day 2 participants would be enrolled in MI-case management condition, Day 3 participants would be enrolled in TAU, etc. This proposed design will minimize any confounds associated with self-selection while possibly increasing enrollment rate.

Research questions include:

1. Will youth allocated to the MI prevention condition have safer firearm related behaviors and beliefs compared to the TAU control condition at 6 months post- enrollment?
2. Will youth allocated to the MI prevention condition have reduced gun violence recidivism compared to the TAU control condition at 18 months post-enrollment.
3. How do youth's social and normative environments influence their gun behaviors and attitudes?

Researchers will compare intervention and TAU arms to see if there are any differences in outcome measures.

Participants will:

1. complete study eligibility assessment, be assigned to one of two conditions depending on the date of assessment, consent, and enroll in the Emergency Department (ED) or inpatient unit of hospital by a study team member,
2. participate in one of two conditions: MI administered by a licensed clinical social worker, or treatment as usual control group (TAU) administered by a study team member (n=170 per condition)
3. complete three surveys (baseline, 3-month, and 6-month) conducted by a study team member
4. 18-month post examination of participant hospital records
5. have the option to complete a 1-1.5 hour interview, 1-3 months after the 6-month survey is completed (n=50)

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.