Developing and Testing an Intervention to Enhance Recovery Capital Amid Opioid Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy: A Pilot Randomized Trial of Linkage to Recovery Support Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Summary
The aims of the current study are to: Aim 1. Develop and refine a novel intervention protocol for individuals receiving medication treatment for opioid use disorder that assertively links them to recovery community centers; Aim 2. Determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of assertive linkage to recovery community centers relative to a matched control condition, via a pilot randomized controlled trial; Aim 3. Explain quantitative findings by gaining an in-depth understanding of the intervention's feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy via qualitative interviews.
Description
This 5-year project seek to advance our understanding of the clinical and public health utility of recovery community centers and help bridge the gap between clinical treatment and community-based recovery support services. As a first step in this work, the investigators will develop and test a new intervention for peer-facilitated assertive linkage of patients receiving opioid use disorder pharmacotherapy to recovery community centers (RCCL), relative to a matched control condition (CC). This study aims to: Aim 1. Develop, manualize, and refine RCCL and CC protocols via stakeholder feedback.…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * age ≥ 18 years * past-year opioid use disorder diagnosis per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition * currently undergoing outpatient buprenorphine treatment through a provider or program at Massachusetts General Hospital * current residence in Massachusetts Exclusion Criteria: * non-English fluency * active suicidality * neurodevelopmental disorders or neural trauma preventing informed consent * active psychosis * past-year attendance at a recovery community center or recovery support center
Interventions
- BehavioralRecovery Community Center Linkage (RCCL)
A certified recovery coach will meet with participants to educate them on recovery support services, including recovery community centers, and link them to a recovery community center, with the aid of a facilitated connection to a volunteer recovery community center member (e.g., calling a standby peer, scheduling a meet-up at the center). The coach will also provide the participant with a brochure of recovery support resources.
- BehavioralControl Condition (CC)
A certified recovery coach will meet with participants to educate them on recovery support services more broadly, including recovery community centers, and will provide them with a brochure of recovery support resources.
Location
- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts