ER tool aims to boost opioid treatment by addressing Patients' social needs
NCT ID NCT06872190
First seen Jun 29, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests an updated computer tool for emergency room doctors that includes information about a patient's social risks—like unstable housing or food insecurity—alongside standard opioid use disorder treatment guidance. The goal is to see if this social-risk-informed tool helps more patients start and stay on medication for opioid use disorder and attend follow-up care. About 300 adults with opioid use disorder and their ER doctors at one hospital will take part. The study compares the new tool to the existing one to see if it is feasible, acceptable, and leads to better treatment adherence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Clinical decision support tool (CDSv2) with social risk information
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help ER doctors provide more personalized, effective care for opioid use disorder by addressing social barriers like housing or food access.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage feasibility study at one hospital. The tool may not improve outcomes or may be difficult for clinicians to use consistently.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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
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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: * All University of California, San Francisco ED providers (residents, attendings, advanced practice providers) who have used either CDSv1 or CDSv2 will be eligible to participate in surveys and interviews regarding feasibility and acceptability. * English-speaking patients ≥18 years of age presenting to the UCSF ED with opioid use disorder who receive medication treatment (as a result of CDSv1 or CDSv2) will be eligible to participate. Exclusion criteria: \- Participants will be excluded if: * they have a medical or psychiatric condition requiring hospitalization at the index ED visit, * are actively suicidal, are cognitively impaired, * present from an extended care facility, or * require opioids for a pain condition.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of California, San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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