Leveraging Technology to Address Unhealthy Drug Use in Primary Care Settings

NCT02893514 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 79

Last updated 2022-05-09

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Summary

This study will develop a clinical decision support tool that assists primary care providers in carrying out substance use interventions, and then compare (in Phase 2) two clinical scenarios, screening only (SO) vs. SUSIT, (on dose of substance use brief intervention received) and changes in drug use at 3 and 6 months, among primary care patients. Investigators will develop the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) component and then test the full SUSIT approach, using mixed methods to assess its acceptability and adoption, and gathering preliminary data on its efficacy for reducing unhealthy drug use. CDS development is concurrent with the SO phase to avoid losing valuable time, but will be conducted at a secondary study site to avoid contaminating the SO condition.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Screening Only (SO) condition

Patient and PCP are not presented with screening results. The PCP does not receive clinical decision support, or clinical reminders.

OTHER

SUSIT Condition

Following completion of substance use screening, the tablet computer presents screening results (including level of risk) to the patient for each substance used, asks them to identify their drug of most concern (DOMC), and assesses readiness and confidence to change behavior. Results are delivered to the PCP at the point of care, paired with clinical decision support tailored to the patient's screening results. This information is delivered on the tablet computer, which is handed to the PCP by a Medical Assistant. CDS guides the PCP through a brief intervention specific to the DOMC, recommends clinical actions pertaining to the substance and risk level, and generates a printed summary for the patient. At each scheduled follow-up medical visit, the PCP receives a clinical reminder containing a summary of the patient's substance use and level of risk, paired with CDS that guides them through a follow-up brief intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer McNeely, MD, MS · NYU Langone Health

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-13
Primary Completion
2019-03-30
Completion
2019-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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