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Social Network Overdose Prevention and Education Intervention

ConditionDrug Overdose
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to test a social intervention focused on overdose prevention and care. In the investigators prior work, the investigators have shown that people who use opioids (PWUO) can be effective peer educators (PEs).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

self-reported illicit opioid use at least 2 times in the past two weeks;

age 18 and older;

living in the Baltimore metropolitan region;

willing to engage in peer education; and

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Network overdose prevention

    Behavioral

    Participants are taught overdose prevention methods with network members.

  • Standard of care health education

    Behavioral

    Participants will receive the standard of care for overdose prevention.

Treatment groups

600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Experimental: Peer education and network supportExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: comparison: Standard of care of health educationActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of drug overdoses

Number of drug overdoses in prior three months

Time frame
3-months
2

Participant drug use

Proportion of times participants tested positive for drugs of fentanyl and xylazine using test strips in the prior 3 months.

Time frame
3-months

Secondary outcomes

1

Number of Network member contacts

Number of network members talked to about overdose prevention in prior 3 months

Time frame
3-months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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