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Improving Social Connectedness Through Digital Health to Enhance Recovery From OUD Among the Justice Involved Population

NCT06896656 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2026-05-08

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Summary

People with a history of Opioid Use Disorder and criminal justice involvement are more likely to experience loneliness following release from jail/prison leading to negative outcomes such as treatment dropout and increased substance use. Providing peer recovery support, particularly through a highly accessible, digital health platform, is a potential way to decrease loneliness in this population. The current study seeks to test whether a mobile peer recovery support app, delivered to individuals with a recent history of taking medication for opioid use disorder while in jail/prison, will improve outcomes for this vulnerable population.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Marigold Mobile Peer Support Intervention

The MPS App is a secure platform that allows text-based peer support for individuals in recovery from OUD. Participants assigned to this condition will be enrolled on a rolling basis into a peer support group on the app. All participants will receive onboarding assistance and will have access to the app for 6 months. The app will include live moderation from a certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist and trained research assistants. Moderators will begin discussions with prompts and regulate the flow of conversation with standardized text language. Moderators will be able to respond in real-time to malicious messages or other "flags" that could impact participant safety. Built in natural language processing algorithms will also detect language requiring intervention and automatically alter the moderators and on-call clinicians.

BEHAVIORAL

Resources

A list of online peer support and mental health resources, drawn from SAMSHA and equivalent websites, will be provided to all participants, as an enhanced adjunct to their standard recovery plans.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-17
Primary Completion
2026-10-31
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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