Evaluation of a Peer Recovery Support Program Adapted to Target Retention in Clinic-based Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (PEERS)

Geisinger Health

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Opioid Use Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Peer recovery support to enhance patient engagement in medication for opioid use disorder treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07197801

R33DA059880-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 218 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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218 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Study participants will receive the standard care - medication treatment for opioid use disorder

Standard Care + Peer Recovery Support

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to standard care (medication treatment for opioid use disorder), study participants will receive support provided by a peer recovery support specialist

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer recovery support to enhance patient engagement in medication for opioid use disorder treatment