Leveraging mHealth to Promote Opioid Use Recovery and Mental Health Among Residents of a Medium-Sized Midwestern City

The Washington University

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 2

Conditions: Stimulant Use; Depression and Anxiety Symptoms; Opioid Use

Treatments: Behavioral: uMAT-R + enhanced community engagement; Behavioral: Original uMAT-R supplementary mHealth recovery intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07673380

202308065

Details and patient eligibility

About

The sequential trial compares recovery and mHealth engagement outcomes among Black participants who participated in the mHealth intervention uMAT-R or uMAT-R + enhanced community engagement. The mHealth intervention seeks to support people in various stages of recovery who are also seeking other forms of substance use treatment. Participants are recruited from community-based substance use treatment facilities and recovery services. Participants must be adults who have or are currently using opioids and/or stimulants.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have a history of opioid and/or stimulant use
• Identify as Black and/or African American
• Seek treatment at local substance use treatment centers
• Fluent in English
• U.S. resident
• 18 years of age or older at the time of data collection.

Exclusion criteria

• Self-reported cognitive impairment that would limit ability to participate in research.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

uMAT-R + enhanced community engagement

Experimental group

Description:

uMAT-R + enhanced community engagement involves an optimized community engagement strategy employed by the intervention team.

Treatment:

Behavioral: uMAT-R + enhanced community engagement

Original uMAT-R supplementary mHealth recovery intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

uMAT-R supplementary mHealth recovery intervention is the original intervention disseminated without optimization of the community engagement approach.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Original uMAT-R supplementary mHealth recovery intervention