Utilizing Helpline for Opioid Dependence Treatment

NCT03969238 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2020-10-28

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Summary

The investigator propose to develop an opioid telephone helpline, where trained counselors and educators provide referral, educational and targeted interventions and support to individuals interested in addressing their addiction or needing help with managing their pain. The proposed application builds on "tobacco quit line" efforts, a nationally-adopted telephone-based service, providing education materials, access to cessation medication and counseling against tobacco use. Similar to tobacco quit line; the proposed telephone based services will remove barriers to treatment as they help individuals at the exact time of need. The helpline will also educate individuals with new onset pain about pain expectations, relaxation techniques, use of pharmacology and psychotherapy for treatment in addition to providing support for coping and reducing dependency on prescription opioids. It will be a low cost, easily accessible and utilizable technology to augment the clinical outcome of medication assisted treatment of opioid use disorder and pain management.

Conditions

  • Opioid Dependence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Helpline

This helpline will aim to provide patients with new diagnosis of pain who are prescribed opioids, access to education, support and free behavioral technique to help manage their pain such as mindfulness exercises. For those with opioid use disorder, the helpline will offer support in the form of education about the disorder, opioid withdrawal symptoms, risks of overdoses, and a variety of services such as help reach appropriate care with MAT licensed providers, information on FDA-approved MAT and naloxone, and, in some cases, behavioral intervention to keep patients engaged in treatment. The opioid helpline will provide a central resource for direct services and a portal for community services. It will also serve as a referral resource for health-care professionals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Virginia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, M.D. · University of Virginia

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-25
Primary Completion
2021-04-30
Completion
2021-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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