New study tests Team-Based approach to curb overdose risk
NCT ID NCT05713695
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two ways to help people with both substance use and mental health disorders: a full team-based program called MISSION that provides counseling, peer support, and community outreach for 6 months, versus just linking them with a peer specialist. Researchers hope the MISSION program will improve treatment engagement, reduce substance use, and boost mental health. The study involves 208 adults referred from a community hub in Worcester.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MISSION program (behavioral intervention combining counseling, peer support, and community outreach)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a proven way to help people with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders stay engaged in treatment and reduce their risk of overdose.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small study (208 people) and relies on self-reported outcomes, which may not be fully accurate. The program is intensive and may not work for everyone or be easy to scale.
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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 208 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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.
- Ages
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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: * Are 18 or older; * Have a COD (1 or more substance use disorders (e.g., alcohol and illicit substances), and a mental health disorder (including depression, anxiety, trauma related disorders, bipolar, and/or schizophrenia); * Are in the Hub; and * Are not engaged in other ongoing multi-component treatment for COD with a behavioral health treatment provider or have not seen their provider for at least 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude individuals who are acutely psychotic, acutely suicidal with a plan, or homicidal * Or with concurrent severe alcohol use disorder or high dose benzodiazepine requiring detoxification.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States
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