NCT07053098 · University of Maryland, Baltimore
External Facilitation to Increase Prescribing of AUD Medications in the Psychiatric Setting
What this study is about
This project will pilot test an implementation facilitation intervention to increase prescribing of medications for alcohol use disorder (MAUD) in patients with major mental illness and alcohol use disorder in three psychiatry treatment clinics.
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This project will pilot test an implementation facilitation intervention to increase prescribing of medications for alcohol use disorder (MAUD) in patients with major mental illness and alcohol use disorder in three psychiatry treatment clinics.
Interventions
OTHER
Implementation Facilitation
Implementation facilitation is a multi-faceted process of enabling and supporting the adoption and integration of best practices into routine clinical care. It involves collaboration to understand a setting's challenges and barriers and working together to identify the best activities to address them. IF will incorporate External Facilitation, a problem-solving implementation strategy that builds supportive interpersonal relationships between an External Facilitator who is outside of the clinic who works with clinics and their identified internal champions to learn their unique barriers to implementation, use strategies to address these barriers, and plan for sustainability by integrating the practice into routine processes and workflows. Other implementation activities that will be used IF include staff training, patient education, audit and feedback, and care coordination.
Primary outcome measures
Prescribing medications for alcohol use disorder
Time frame: 6 months after the end of implementation facilitation
Change in the proportion of eligible patients prescribed a medication for alcohol use disorder in the clinic
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- For prescribers: working as a prescriber, non-prescribing clinician, or administrator at one of the three participating clinics.
- For patients: has major mental illness (major depressive disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, other psychotic disorders; posttraumatic stress disorder)
- For patients: has Alcohol Use Disorder and is being treated in one of the three participating clinics.
Exclusion criteria
- For all: age is less than 18 years old
- For all: not able to complete informed consent
Where
- Baltimore, Maryland
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Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · synced Jun 3, 2026 · Source of record for eligibility and locations