A Unique, Co-Designed Family-Based Therapy

Conditions

• Opioid Abuse (Disorder)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

FEMALE

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Adapted Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy — BEHAVIORAL
  The adapted MDFT will be delivered during a 12 week period (max of 20 sessions). The adapted MDFT seeks to support reductions in opioid use by targeting improvements in family factors (e.g. family conflict/stress, support, functioning, and familial substance use) that relate closely to substance use and treatment outcomes. Participant dyads come together to navigate and problem-solve family-level challenges. In session, participants will learn new ways to communicate, receive support to mend damaged relationships, build trust, and ultimately develop new strategies of supporting one another's needs with emphasis on supporting women's reductions in substance use. Interventionists work with family dyads to address problems underlying familial stress, conflict, and low support as they arise. Successful strategies to navigate these challenges in session are then translated to outside of sessions to promote self-sustaining changes within families.
• Specialty Treatment Court Program Services — BEHAVIORAL
  Specialty Treatment Court services include individual and group therapy sessions focused on substance use and mental health, case management, and wrap-around services related to housing and basic needs.

Study Details

The goal of this pilot trial is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an adapted MDFT intervention with women who report prior OUD and sex trade involvement participating in specialty court treatment programs. The main question\[s\] the trial aims to answer are: 1. Will the inclusion of the adapted MDFT intervention be feasible among the target population? 2. Will participant dyads assigned to the adapted intervention perceive the intervention as acceptable and beneficial? Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either: 1) the adapted MDFT + TAU; or 2) TAU. Participants will complete baseline and post-intervention assessments.

Key Dates

Start date

Jun 15, 2026

Status verified

May 2026

Primary completion

Apr 28, 2028

Completion

Apr 28, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Adapted MDFT + TAU
  Participant dyads in this arm will receive up to 20 sessions of the adapted Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) intervention in addition to services received as part of their treatment as usual (TAU) received as part of their specialty treatment court program.
• Active Comparator: Treatment As Uusual
  This arm receives the normal services offered through the specialty court treatment program they are currently enrolled in. This typically includes individual and group therapy sessions focused on substance use and mental health, case management, and wrap-around services related to housing and basic needs.

Primary Outcome Measure

Intervention Feasibility [ Time Frame: up to 3 months post-intervention ]

Central Contacts

• Sandy Solove
  614-247-8366
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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