Vending Machine Naloxone Distribution for Your Community (VENDY)

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 4

Conditions: Opioid Overdose; Naloxone; Harm Reduction

Treatments: Behavioral: VENDY

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06429436

22-0546

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vending machines are an innovative strategy shown to increase access to naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdose. The aim of this proposal is to study the reach of a community-initiated, stakeholder engaged adaptation of naloxone distribution, VEnding machine Naloxone Distribution for Your community (VENDY) program.

Full description

This pilot assessment of the VENDY program will take place in 3 communities. Each community will have a machine (vending or kiosks) in which naloxone will be distributed for free to community members. Our preliminary work identified the locations desired by community members who use illegal drugs for machine placement. The pilot test test will include evaluation of the reach (naloxone distribution), adoption (% of sites and staff implementing), and implementation (fidelity to restocking and maintenance protocol) of VENDY in each community.

Enrollment: 1,489 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any person in the community who desires to obtain naloxone will be able to use the machines

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to enter a code on a vending machine or open a kiosk.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,489 participants in 1 patient group

VENDY

Experimental group

Description:

Each participating site will install at least 1 machine (vending or kiosks) in the respective community for naloxone distribution.

Treatment:

Behavioral: VENDY