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Addressing Racial Disparities in Opioid Overdose Using Peer Recovery Coach Training and mHealth Platform

United States180 participantsStarted 2025-11-25

Plain-language summary

The study aims to adapt an existing Cultural Structural Humility (CSH) training into a video format for peer recovery coaches (PRCs) and refine an AI-driven texting tool to reinforce the training. After refining these tools using user-centered design, a pilot test will be conducted to assess their impact on the uptake of opioid treatment and social services. The study will also evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the intervention to inform future large-scale trials.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 99 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * ≥18 years of age * fluent in English * self-reported non-prescription opioid use \<30 days prior to consent * provision of informed consent * planned stay in NYC ≥3 months * Black and/or Latinx race/ethnicity * positive urine toxicology for opioids per EMR records or study staff administered random saliva drug testing * diagnosis of OUD per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) * self-reported interest in initiating buprenorphine in primary care, or elsewhere. Exclusion Criteria: * inability to comprehend text content written at a 3rd grade reading level * physical or visual disability preventing mobile phone use

What they're measuring

Estimated Rate of PRC-PWUO Contact

Timeframe: 3 months

Rate of AI-Driven Texting Use Among PWUO

Timeframe: 3 months

Change in Felt and/or Anticipated Stigma

Timeframe: 3 months

Amount of time to Initial Receipt of Buprenorphine (Self-Reported)

Timeframe: 3 months

The Amount of Self-Reported Social Services Use

Timeframe: 3 months

Cost (Amount of Money) of Implementing and Sustaining the Multimodal Intervention

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06573476

SponsorFriends Research Institute, Inc.

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-03-01

Contact for this trial

Ana Ventuneac, PHd

718-260-2931 aventuneac@startny.org

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Plain-language summary

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 99 Years

SexALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

What they're measuring

Estimated Rate of PRC-PWUO Contact

Timeframe: 3 months

Rate of AI-Driven Texting Use Among PWUO

Timeframe: 3 months

Change in Felt and/or Anticipated Stigma

Timeframe: 3 months

Amount of time to Initial Receipt of Buprenorphine (Self-Reported)

Timeframe: 3 months

The Amount of Self-Reported Social Services Use

Timeframe: 3 months

Cost (Amount of Money) of Implementing and Sustaining the Multimodal Intervention

Timeframe: 3 months