App aims to turn bystanders into lifesavers against opioid overdoses
NCT ID NCT06238128
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tested a new system called the Opioid Rapid Response System (ORRS) that uses a smartphone app to train and alert everyday people to respond to opioid overdoses with the life-saving drug naloxone. Over 700 adults from communities using the PulsePoint app took part. The goal was to see if this approach could increase knowledge, confidence, and willingness to help during an overdose emergency.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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773 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Citizens who live in participating PulsePoint communities * Must to be 18 and older * Must be fluent in English * Must have access to the mobile data and able to download and use apps in a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: * Citizens who do not live in participating PulsePoint communities * Under 18-year-old * Citizens who are not fluent in English * Citizens who do not have access to mobile data and unable to download and use apps in a smartphone.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ewald & Wasserman Research Consultants, LLC
San Francisco, California, 94104, United States
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