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Your social life may hold the key to better opioid treatment

NCT ID NCT07044466

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
Not a trial. The treatment can normally be requested outside a study, but is unavailable right now.
Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

When the status isn't known

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 4 times

Summary

This study looks at how social behaviors and feelings of connection impact treatment for opioid use disorder. Researchers will collect daily reports from 230 patients and a close friend or family member over several weeks. The goal is to find patterns that could lead to more personalized care and better outcomes.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 230 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2026

Expected to finish

Aug 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Any sex or gender; any race or ethnicity; aged 18 years or older * Patient participants must meet DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for current (i.e., past 12 months) OUD (assessed via the Quick Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5; Quick SCID) * Patient participants must be on medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), as prescribed by their provider, for no more than 12 weeks prior to study initiation * Patient participants must be in treatment at a clinic in South Carolina * Concurrent substance use disorders (e.g., alcohol, cannabis) for the patient participant are acceptable, provided opioids are the patient participant's primary substance of choice * Patient participants must identify a CSO participant who consents to participation in the study as well Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate-to-severe opioid withdrawal as defined by a score of ≥21 on the Subjective Opioid Withdrawal Scale * Meeting DSM-5 criteria for a history of or current psychotic or bipolar disorders * Current suicidal or homicidal ideation and intent; participants who present a serious suicide risk are likely to require hospitalization during the study and they will be referred clinically * CSO participants meeting DSM-5 criteria for opioid use disorder or any other substance use disorder, excepting tobacco use disorder, mild cannabis use disorder, and mild alcohol use disorder * Severe interpersonal violence in the past six months between the patient and the CSO, as defined by an adapted version of the Conflict Tactics Scaled Revised (CTS-2) * Pregnancy for patient participants * Prisoners, institutional individuals, and children will not be recruited for this study.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

opiate dependence

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Opioid-use disorder

How to take part

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29412, United States

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