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The Rhode Island Prescription and Illicit Drug Study

The Rhode Island Prescription and Illicit Drug Study

Recruiting
18-65 years
All
Phase N/A

The investigators will assess the efficacy of the RAPIDS intervention on preventing overdose among PWUD. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive the RAPIDS intervention or the attention-matched control condition. Experimental arm participants will receive the RAPIDS intervention, which includes education about the dangers of illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF), motivational interviewing to increase willingness to use fentanyl test strips and engage in overdose risk reduction behaviors, hands-on training to use the test strips, and opportunities to plan and role- play how to implement overdose risk reduction behaviors upon receipt of a positive or negative test result. In the attention-matched control arm, participants will receive standardized overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) training. All participants will attend additional study visits at months 1,2,3,6, and 12. The primary endpoint will be the rate of self-reported overdose over the follow-up period. Secondary endpoints (e.g., overdose death) will be ascertained by data linkage to statewide overdose surveillance databases.

The primary aims of this study are to: 1) Assess the efficacy of the RAPIDS intervention in reducing rates of overdose among people who use drugs; 2) Examine the degree to which reductions in rates of overdose are mediated by increases in information, motivation, behavioral skills, and self-efficacy regarding fentanyl, rapid fentanyl testing, and harm reduction practices; and 3) Explore whether there is heterogeneity of treatment effect related to key participant characteristics.

Study details
    Drug abuse
    substance abuse
    drug overdose disorder
    substance abuse
    Opioid Overdose

NCT04372238

Brown University

19 February 2024

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