Smartphones for Opiate Addiction Recovery
NYU Langone Health
Summary
Treatments for opioid addiction exist, but effectiveness is compromised when subjects use illicit opiates during treatment. Reuse rates during treatment can be high, and reducing illicit opiate use during treatment has thus recently become a major NIDA policy goal. The 5-minute battery indicates the numerical probability that a patient will reuse illicit opiates within the next 7-10 days.
Description
The primary goal in this mid-scale clinical trial is to test the hypothesis that clinicians who use the output of the mobile system to adjust buprenorphine and methadone dosing achieve lower opiate reuse rates than physicians who provide care-as-usual. The secondary goal is to examine the usability and desirability of this solution for clinicians with an eye to usability and large-scale deployment. The third and final goal is to measure the cost-effectiveness of this solution from multiple perspectives. If successful it will be possible to employ an algorithmic and measurement-based approach t…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–85 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: Patients: * Meet DSM-5 criteria for opioid-use disorder (heroin and/or prescription opioids); * Have entered, or expressed a clear intention to enter, an OUD treatment program that prescribes either methadone or buprenorphine * Any gender; * 18 years of age and older; * Have used opioids other than as specifically prescribed within thirty days prior to consent; * In good-enough general health; * Capacity to provide written informed consent as assessed by our Subject Comprehension Assessment Tool(subjects lacking the ability to consent will not be enrolled) ; * Able to spe…
Interventions
- OtherSmartphone app
SOAR (Smartphones for Opioid Addiction Recovery) system (battery + platform) as a tool for adjusting MOUD dosages to reduce treatment dropout.
Locations (2)
- Rutgers UniversityPiscataway, New Jersey
- NYU LangoneNew York, New York