NCT02282306

Phone Interview to Prevent Recurring Opioid Overdoses

Pilot Evaluation of the "Tailored Telephone Intervention Delivered by Peers to Prevent Recurring Opioid-Overdoses"

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Cincinnati · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There has been a dramatic rise in opioid overdose (OOD) deaths in recent years. Attempts to ameliorate the problem have largely focused on increasing the accessibility of naloxone, an opioid antagonist that is effective in OOD reversal. Individuals who have experienced a non-fatal OOD are at risk for additional overdoses and yet there are no interventions that specifically target this high-risk population. To address this gap, the investigators have developed the "Tailored Telephone Intervention delivered by Peers to Prevent Recurring Opioid Overdoses" (TTIP-PRO). The overall goal of the present study is to conduct a pilot evaluation of the TTIP-PRO. The research literature suggests the need for an intervention targeting patients experiencing a non-fatal OOD.

Detailed description

This is a single-group, unblinded pilot study of the TTIP-PRO, which will be completed with approximately 30 participants. Potential participants will be identified by querying the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC) Emergency Department (ED) Electronic Health Record (EHR) for patients treated for an OOD (e.g., opioid poisoning). Patients who have experienced an OOD in the past 8 months will be eligible to receive the TTIP-PRO. A letter about the study will be sent to those patients. Interested patients will call the UC Health staff working on this study. A UC Health staff member will inform potential participants about the study, confirm eligibility, collect enrollment measures, and schedule a time for the TTIP-PRO to be completed with the Peer Interventionist. The participant will be instructed to contact the Peer Interventionist at the scheduled time. After the peer-delivered TTIP-PRO intervention has been completed, a UC Health employee will contact the participant to administer the follow-up measures. The UC Health employee will then send a mailing to the participant that will include a copy of the participant's "Personal Risks for Overdose" report, general information about overdose prevention, and information about treatment for opioid use disorder (see section 2.6 for additional information). The mailing will also include a gift card (which is a standard part of the TTIP-PRO) and an additional gift card to compensate the participant for his/her time as a study participant.

Conditions

• Overdose
• Opioid-related Disorders
• Drug Addiction
• Drug Abuse
• Substance Abuse
• Opioid Use, Unspecified
• Opioid Dependence
• Drug Overdose

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	TTIP-PRO	The peer-delivered TTIP-PRO intervention is designed to: 1). increase the patient's knowledge of risk factors for OOD, with a particular emphasis on the patient's personal risk factors. This aim is one of harm reduction and is intended to help patients who continue to abuse opioids to use in a safer manner and 2).For patients who are open to considering treatment, to encourage the patient to get treatment for his/her opioid use disorder. This goal is based on research findings that effective treatment reduces the risk of OOD.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-02-01
• Completion: 2015-02-01
• First posted: 2014-11-04
• Last updated: 2015-05-28

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States