HEALing Communities Study

Summary

This study will test the impact of implementing the Communities That Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) intervention on opioid overdose deaths within 67 highly affected communities with the goal of reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40%.

Conditions

• Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

Interventions

OTHER

Communities That HEAL

The Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention is a community-engaged intervention designed to increase the adoption of an integrated set of evidence-based practices delivered across healthcare, behavioral health, justice, and other community-based settings. It includes 3 components: community engagement to assist key stakeholders in applying evidence-based practices to addressing their opioid crisis, a menu of evidence-based practices for communities to select and implement, and a communications campaign to build demand for evidence-based practices to address overdose and opioid use disorder.

OTHER

Wait-list control

Communities in the wait-list control condition will continue usual care during the first 30 months of the trial. At month 31, Wave 2 communities will begin receiving the CTH intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Columbia University

  collaborator OTHER

• Ohio State University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Kentucky

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  collaborator NIH

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

  collaborator FED

• RTI International

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-10-23

Primary Completion

2023-12-31

Completion

2025-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations