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Adapting the Penny Chatbot for Perinatal OUD Patients: COPILOT

NCT06969261 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2026-02-13

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Summary

To address both loneliness and engagement in perinatal and OUD care among perinatal women, the investigators plan to adapt an existing texting support chatbot, Penny, to make it appropriate for use by women who are pregnant and postpartum and dealing with OUD. The newly adapted chatbot, Penny COPILOT, will allow for two way short message service (SMS) messaging to respond appropriately and accurately to user generated input. The investigative team, in collaboration with the Penn Mixed Methods Research Lab (MMRL) and Penn's Way 2 Health Team, will use intervention mapping guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Science. The investigators will conduct a needs assessment, assemble an advisory board, engage in pretesting to ensure safety and refine content, and pilot test the resultant adapted Penny COPILOT in a sample of 20 perinatal women with OUD to evaluate acceptability, feasibility, and patient satisfaction. The goal is to develop and refine an acceptable, feasible, and satisfactory supportive texting chatbot to promote patient engagement in perinatal and OUD care and decrease perceived loneliness.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Penny COPILOT

The Penny COPILOT chatbot is an interactive short messaging system (SMS) program that provides educational and supportive content for postpartum individuals. The chatbot has been adapted to include information relevant to opioid use disorder recovery in order to decrease the risk of returning to use among people who use drugs. Messages are sent at specified intervals relevant to the postpartum course and the chatbot allows for two way messaging with an interactive lens.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Sara L Kornfield, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-05-31
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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