Mobile health vans and peer coaches aim to curb opioid overdoses in rural america
NCT ID NCT07541417
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether bringing mobile health clinics to rural communities and pairing patients with a certified peer support specialist (someone who has personally recovered from opioid use disorder) can help more people start and stay on medication for opioid use disorder. Researchers will enroll 750 adults in South Carolina and follow them for 6 months to see if this approach reduces overdose deaths and improves treatment retention.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Certified Peer Support Specialist intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could improve treatment access and reduce overdose deaths in underserved rural communities.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention study, not a drug trial. Results depend on community engagement and may not generalize to other settings.
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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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About 750 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Age 18+ * Have diagnosis of OUD * New mobile health MOUD patient Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read and comprehend the consent materials and other study materials * Currently working with a Certified Peer Support Specialist * Having severe medical or psychiatric disability that would hinder participation in the study, as determined by the clinical provider
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Prisma Health Upstate
RECRUITINGGreenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States
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