MedSMA℞T Mobile ED

Olufunmilola Abraham

Status: Begins enrollment in 3 months

Conditions: Opiate Use Disorder; Opioid; Opiate-Related Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: MedSMA℞T Mobile

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06848504

R18HS030202 (U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract)

98853

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new smartphone-based intervention can help with factors related to opioid misuse in parents and adolescent/early adult children. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Can this intervention improve knowledge of, and attitudes towards, opioid misuse over traditional opioid-related counseling alone?

Participants will, in addition to receiving opioid counseling:

• Join an online meeting with research staff to test the smartphone-based intervention
• Report demographic information
• Complete surveys about opioids
• Complete a family medication safety plan
• Complete surveys after 3, 6, and 9 months

Enrollment: 244 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults who receive an opioid prescription from a study Emergency Department, AND
• who report having an adolescent, aged 12-18, living at home, AND
• who speak and understand English
• Each participant must have the ability to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Adults who do not receive an opioid prescription from a study Emergency Department AND/OR
• who do not have an adolescent, aged 12-18, living at home, AND/OR
• who do not speak or understand English
• Adults and/or adolescents who do not have the ability to provide informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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244 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive the intervention of interest, MedSMA℞T Mobile, in addition to standard opioid-related counseling. MedSMA℞T Mobile is a serious game (intended to educate while entertaining) focused on opioid safety.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MedSMA℞T Mobile

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will receive the standard opioid-related counseling that all patients receive when newly prescribed opioids in the emergency department.