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Project REACH: A Comprehensive Telehealth Intervention at Syringe Service Programs to Engage People Who Use Drugs

ConditionsSubstance UseDrug Use
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Minnesota

About this trial

This trial will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Project REACH (Remote Engagement \& Access for Community Health), a telehealth intervention at syringe service programs (SSP) to improve access to HIV-related evidence-based interventions (EBI) for people who use drugs including those who inject them.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

18 years of age or older

able to speak and understand English

have used an illicit substance at least once in the past year

have lived in the study area (in or near their city of their recruitment) for at least 6 months

Disqualifiers

Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent

18 years of age or older

able to speak and understand English

currently employed or volunteering with the PCC or an SSP enrollment site for at least one year at the time of the interview OR hired as a study navigator at one of the four enrollment sites

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Project REACH

    Other intervention

    The primary interactions with participants of Project REACH will consist of SSP-based recruitment and enrollment, provision of telehealth services at SSPs for the 6-month pilot duration, and exit interviews with a subset of participants and SSP study staff following the trial.

Treatment groups

121 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Project REACH InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Recruitment and Retention Rates

Proportion of enrolled participants who complete the study

Time frame
Year 2
2

Comfort Accessing Telehealth Services

Assessed in exit interviews

Time frame
Year 2
3

Uptake of PrEP

EPIC Smartforms

Time frame
Year 2
4

Uptake of MOUD

EPIC Smartforms

Time frame
Year 2

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Minnesota

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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