Trial Outcomes & Findings for Reward-Based Recovery Outcomes Management for Opioid Use Disorder (NCT NCT04669249)

NCT ID: NCT04669249

Last Updated: 2023-03-17

Results Overview

Assessed by % of participants fully-adherent to daily doses during study period with higher values indicating greater buprenorphine adherence.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

13 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

4-week

Results posted on

2023-03-17

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
PROCare Recovery
PROCare Recovery is a technology-enabled, reward-based digital recovery management mobile app for individuals receiving medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Patients have the opportunity to earn both non-monetary and monetary incentives via smart debit card for a variety of clinically-indicated behaviors, including taking their medication (buprenorphine) as directed, attending clinic appointments (e.g., therapy sessions) and community-based mutual-help support group meetings, participating in routine outcomes monitoring surveys using validated measures, accessing the curated psychoeducation content library, and engaging in other recovery-oriented activities within the app.
Control
Treatment-as-Usual
Overall Study
STARTED
8
5
Overall Study
COMPLETED
7
4
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
1
1

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Reward-Based Recovery Outcomes Management for Opioid Use Disorder

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=8 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=5 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Total
n=13 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
38.00 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.76 • n=5 Participants
33.80 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.55 • n=7 Participants
36.38 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.88 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
6 Participants
n=5 Participants
4 Participants
n=7 Participants
10 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=7 Participants
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
5 Participants
n=5 Participants
3 Participants
n=7 Participants
8 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
2 Participants
n=7 Participants
5 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
6 Participants
n=5 Participants
4 Participants
n=7 Participants
10 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=7 Participants
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
8 participants
n=5 Participants
5 participants
n=7 Participants
13 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Assessed by % of participants fully-adherent to daily doses during study period with higher values indicating greater buprenorphine adherence.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Percentage of Participants Fully-Adherent to Buprenorphine
6 Participants
3 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Assessed by % of participants fully-adherent to weekly outpatient individual therapy visits, community-based mutual-help recovery support meetings, and other scheduled appointments attended during study period with higher values indicating greater care plan adherence.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Percentage of Participants Fully-Adherent to Care Plan
All Appointments
4 Participants
2 Participants
Percentage of Participants Fully-Adherent to Care Plan
Therapy Sessions
6 Participants
3 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Assessed by % of participants completing assessment surveys during study period with higher values indicating greater survey participation.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=8 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=5 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Percentage of Participants Completing Outcomes Monitoring Surveys
7 Participants
4 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Assessed by participant self-report and positive urine drug screens completed at routine clinic visits during study period.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Percentage of Participants Using Opioids
1 Participants
1 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Assessed by participant self-report and positive urine drug screens completed at routine clinic visits during study period for non-opioids substances (alcohol, cannabis, methamphetamine, amphetamines, cocaine, benzodiazepines).

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Percentage of Participants Using Other Substances (Non-opioids)
2 Participants
2 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

The EUROHIS-QOL (European Health Interview Survey-Quality of Life) 8-item index is an efficient, valid, and reliable measure of four quality of life domains (physical, psychological, environmental, and social). Items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale and summed to produce a total quality of life score (Range: 8-40) with higher scores indicating a higher level of satisfaction with their current quality of life. Change in scores from baseline to 4-week follow-up was examined with a higher change score indicating a greater increase in participant quality of life.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Change in Quality of Life as Assessed by EUROHIS-QOL 8-item Index From Baseline to 4-Week Follow-up
4.57 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 7.09
1.50 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 9.88

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

OCS is a 3-item measure of opioid craving with acceptable internal consistency, reliability, and concurrent/predictive validity. Participants rate their level of craving in reference to three situations (current, past week, and high-risk environment) on a scale ranging from 0-10 to produce a total score ranging from 0-30 with higher scores indicating greater reduction in craving. Change in OCS scores from baseline to 4-week follow-up was examined to determine reductions in craving.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Change in Opioid Craving as Assessed by Opioid Craving Scale (OCS) From Baseline to 4-Week Follow-up
19.42 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 22.69
16.50 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 22.13

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Readiness Ruler is a valid and reliable 2-item measure of motivation and readiness to change. Participants rate their perceived "Importance" of making a change to their drug use behaviors, and their perceived "Confidence" in their ability to successfully achieve their goal (range: 0-100) with higher scores indicating greater motivation. Perceived "Importance" and "Confidence" scores are averaged to indicate a total Motivation score at 4-week follow-up (Range: 0-100).

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Motivation as Assessed by Readiness Ruler
93.49 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 6.45
89.31 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 13.69

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

BSCQ is an 8-item measure of self-efficacy for resisting the urge to use drugs in 8 high-risk situations based on the relapse prevention model (unpleasant emotions, physical discomfort, pleasant emotions, testing control, urges/temptations, interpersonal conflict, social pressure, and pleasant times with others). Patients rate their confidence in resisting the urge to use drugs in each of the 8 situations on a scale ranging from 0 (Not at all Confident) to 100 (Extremely Confident). Scores for each of the 8 situations are averaged to produce a total self-efficacy score (Range: 0-100). Change in scores from baseline to 4-week follow-up was examined with higher scores indicating a greater increase in self-efficacy.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Change in Self-Efficacy as Assessed by Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire (BSCQ) From Baseline to 4-Week Follow-up
54.62 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 16.18
38.44 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 25.52

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Participant self-report will be used to determine frequency counts of the 11 opioid use disorder diagnostic criteria per Diagnostic \& Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) with higher counts indicating a greater number of symptoms/opioid-related impairment present and higher opioid use disorder severity. Total score indicating the total number of positive diagnostic criteria ranges from 0-11. Change in the number of diagnostic criteria endorsed from baseline to 4-week follow-up was examined to determine reduction in opioid-related impairment with higher scores indicating a greater reduction in symptoms over time.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
n=4 Participants
Treatment-as-Usual
Change in Opioid Use Disorder Impairment From Baseline to 4-Week Follow-up
9.86 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.86
7.50 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 5.74

OTHER_PRE_SPECIFIED outcome

Timeframe: 4-week

Population: Only participants who used the PROCare Recovery app were administered the measure of app usability.

SUS is a 10-item measure commonly used for global assessments of systems usability. SUS scores will be used to objectively quantify the usability of the PROCare recovery app. Participants allocated to the PROCare condition will rate the usability of the app on 10 items assessing different aspects of usability using a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree) with higher converted total scores indicating a higher level of overall usability. Converted total scores range from 0-100 with SUS scores above 68 considered Above Average.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PROCare Recovery
n=7 Participants
Technology-enabled, reward-based recovery mobile app
Control
Treatment-as-Usual
Usability of PROCare App as Assessed by System Usability Scale (SUS)
88.93 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 10.49

Adverse Events

PROCare Recovery

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Control

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Steven Proctor

PRO Health Group

Phone: 305-814-7762

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place