Social Network Overdose Prevention and Education Intervention
ConditionDrug Overdose
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to test a social intervention focused on overdose prevention and care. In the investigators prior work, the investigators have shown that people who use opioids (PWUO) can be effective peer educators (PEs).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
self-reported illicit opioid use at least 2 times in the past two weeks;
age 18 and older;
living in the Baltimore metropolitan region;
willing to engage in peer education; and
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Network overdose prevention
- Standard of care health education
Treatment groups
600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov