Evaluation of a Peer Recovery Support Program Adapted to Target Retention in Clinic-based Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Peer recovery support to enhance patient engagement in medication for opioid use disorder treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Opioid Use Disorder. Basic parameters: 18 years — 89 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if receiving peer recovery support (support services provided by trained "peers" with lived experience of addiction and recovery) improves retention in medication treatment among people with opioid use disorder. The main question it aims to answer is: does peer recovery support improve retention in medication treatment for opioid use disorder? Researchers will compare two groups: (1) standard care combined with a peer recovery support program, and (2) standard care alone, to see if peer recovery support works to improve retention in medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Participants will: visit clinics as they normally would to receive standard care (medication treatment for opioid use disorder); complete two questionnaires - one when they start treatment and one 6 months later; and agree to let researchers use information from their medical record. Participants in group 1 will also be invited to meet with a peer recovery support specialist for up to 6 months.
Interventions
- Behavioral Peer recovery support to enhance patient engagement in medication for opioid use disorder treatment
The intervention adds a peer recovery support (PRS) program to standard outpatient medication for opioid use disorder treatment and medical care. The PRS program will entail meeting one-on-one with a peer recovery specialist over a 6-month period, who will utilize their lived experience with substance use and recovery to provide emotional, informational, instrumental, and affiliational support to participants.
Primary outcome measures
- 6-month treatment retention [Time frame: 180 days from initiation of medication treatment for opioid use disorder]
- Length of time in treatment [Time frame: 180 days from initiation of medication treatment for opioid use disorder]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult ≥ 18 years of age
- Initiated medication for opioid use disorder treatment in past 45 days in a Geisinger outpatient clinic
- Willing and able to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Received medication for opioid use disorder treatment at a Geisinger outpatient clinic in the 90-day period prior to the treatment initiation date
- Not proficient in English
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Geisinger Clinic — Danville
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07197801 · R33DA059880-02