Bringing Education Through Technology, Empathic Listening, and Research (BETTER)

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy Related

Treatments: Behavioral: technology-based program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05214118

HM20023314

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test a new educational technology-based program and brochure as a supplement to prenatal education from providers. The program provides education about common challenges that pregnant and parenting women receiving medication for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) often face. Specifically, it addresses the transition from pregnancy to postpartum, possible neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) or neonatal withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), and interactions with child welfare.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Female
2. ≥18 years of age
3. Meet criteria for Opioid Use Disorder
4. Currently receiving MOUD pharmacotherapy (including buprenorphine, buprenorphine/naloxone, or methadone)
5. Pregnant (<34 weeks EGA)
6. Initial in-person visit at OB MOTIVATE clinic for the current pregnancy ≤10 weeks ago

Exclusion criteria

1. Considering/planning adoption
2. Present with a serious cognitive/psychiatric impairment
3. Existing language barriers making true informed consent impossible

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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29 participants in 2 patient groups

Brochure

No Intervention group

Technology-based program

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: technology-based program