Leveraging Technology to Address Unhealthy Drug Use in Primary Care Settings

Addiction Clinical Trial

Official title: Leveraging Technology to Address Unhealthy Drug Use in Primary Care: Effectiveness of the Substance Use Screening and Intervention Tool (SUSIT)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will develop a clinical decision support tool that assists primary care providers in carrying out substance use interventions, and then compare (in Phase 2) two clinical scenarios, screening only (SO) vs. SUSIT, (on dose of substance use brief intervention received) and changes in drug use at 3 and 6 months, among primary care patients. Investigators will develop the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) component and then test the full SUSIT approach, using mixed methods to assess its acceptability and adoption, and gathering preliminary data on its efficacy for reducing unhealthy drug use. CDS development is concurrent with the SO phase to avoid losing valuable time, but will be conducted at a secondary study site to avoid contaminating the SO condition.

Clinical Trial Description

This study has 3 specific aims:

Aim 1 is to develop clinical decision support that assists primary care providers in carrying out a brief intervention.

Aim 2 is to assess the impact of the SUSIT on dose of substance use brief intervention received by patients.

Aim 3 is to gather preliminary evidence on the efficacy of the SUSIT approach for reducing moderate-risk drug use. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Addiction
• Behavior, Addictive

• NCT number: NCT02893514
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: NYU Langone Health
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 13, 2017
• Completion date: July 31, 2019