Towards Testing the Effectiveness of Recovery Community Centers (RCCs)

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study ID
NCT07010978
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Opioid Use Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Recovery Community Center Participation — BEHAVIORAL
    Recovery community centers are brick and mortar buildings that house recovery-oriented organizations, located in the heart of their communities. They act as recovery hubs, offering a variety of recovery support services in house as well as connecting participants to resources in their area. They are peer-led organizations that are open to anyone in early or long-term recovery from substance use and that recognize that there are multiple pathways to recovery. Study participants will be provided with information about their local RCC (including a video link, contact information, a monthly calendar of events, a list of services and activities offered by the RCC, transportation options, etc.) and will be asked to visit the RCC on two different occasions within one month of enrollment.
  • Enhance Treatment as Usual — BEHAVIORAL
    In this study, the enhanced treatment as usual intervention will encompass providing participants with information about diverse recovery activities (e.g., mutual help group meetings, exercise, job search, recovery coach meetings, etc.) and then to assign participants to complete a recovery activity of their choosing one two different days within one month after enrollment. Participants can do the same activity twice, or different activities on each of the two days assigned.

Study Details

The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to prepare for a larger randomized clinical trial (RCT) and collect some early data to learn if the intervention can help people who use medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is it feasible to recruit and randomize people to both treatment groups? 2. Does linking people to recovery community centers lead to better recovery outcomes? Researchers will compare linking people to recovery community centers (RCC) to enhanced treatment as usual to see if recovery outcomes are different. In one group, participants will learn about their local RCC and will be asked to visit their local RCC on at least two days and write about their experiences. In the other group, participants will learn about different recovery activities, pick any two, and do the activities of their choice on at least two days. They will also be asked to write about their experiences. People in both groups will answer online survey questions about their recovery outcomes and well-being in five surveys over one year.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 20, 2025
Status verified
Jul 2025
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2026
Completion
Apr 15, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
128 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Recovery Community Center (RCC) Linkage
    These participants will be assigned to visit their local recovery community center at least twice, on two different days, within the first month of the study and to report on their RCC visits.
  • Active Comparator: Enhanced Treatment as Usual (ETAU)
    These participants will be asked to complete any recovery activity of their choosing at least twice, on two different days, within the first month of the study and to report on their chosen recovery activities.

Primary Outcome Measure

Recruitment Rate [ Time Frame: Baseline ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusetts02114
Bettina Hoeppner, Ph.D., M.S.
[email protected]
6176431988

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