Project REACH: A Comprehensive Telehealth Intervention at Syringe Service Programs to Engage People Who Use Drugs
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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: Project REACH.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Substance Use, Drug Use. Basic parameters: from 18 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
This trial will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Project REACH (Remote Engagement \& Access for Community Health), a telehealth intervention at syringe service programs (SSP) to improve access to HIV-related evidence-based interventions (EBI) for people who use drugs including those who inject them.
Interventions
- Other Project REACH
The primary interactions with participants of Project REACH will consist of SSP-based recruitment and enrollment, provision of telehealth services at SSPs for the 6-month pilot duration, and exit interviews with a subset of participants and SSP study staff following the trial.
Primary outcome measures
- Recruitment and Retention Rates [Time frame: Year 2]
- Comfort Accessing Telehealth Services [Time frame: Year 2]
- Uptake of PrEP [Time frame: Year 2]
- Uptake of MOUD [Time frame: Year 2]
Eligibility criteria
People Who Use Drugs Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older
- able to speak and understand English
- have used an illicit substance at least once in the past year
- have lived in the study area (in or near their city of their recruitment) for at least 6 months
- have active health insurance by the start of the Project REACH trial date
People Who Use Drugs Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Stakeholder Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older
- able to speak and understand English
- currently employed or volunteering with the PCC or an SSP enrollment site for at least one year at the time of the interview OR hired as a study navigator at one of the four enrollment sites
Stakeholder Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Minnesota — Minneapolis
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07433712 · SSP Telehealth R34