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CompletedNCT03402672AWAITSUpdated Apr 10, 2019

AWAITS: A Web-based E-health Application for Active Illicit Opioid Users

An interventional study of self-administered, e-health application in Opioid-use Disorder, IV Drug Usage and Overdose, sponsored by University of Cincinnati. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-10.

Sponsored by University of Cincinnati · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 1,222 studies in Opioid-Related Disorders with a site in United States — 245 open to participants now, 315 under way, 19 of them phase 3. Opioid-Related Disorders · United States.

Enrollment
747th of 1,097
24 · median 56
Started
2017
with 42 others
No phase
569 of 1,222
131 open now
Registered
447th of 1,222
by date

Among the 1,222 studies in Opioid-Related Disorders with a site in United States, this one is the 747th largest by enrollment of the 1,097 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 43 that started in 2017, is one of 569 with no phase, and was the 447th registered.

Opioid-Related Disorders

1,473 studies on the registry are indexed under Opioid-Related Disorders; 290 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

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Who these studies take

Of the 209 Opioid-Related Disorders studies recruiting now, 122 (58%) set no upper age limit and 73 (35%) stop at 75 or younger; 14 take children under 18; 52 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The purpose of this research study is to:

  1. assess how participants like the AWAITS e-health application as measured by their feedback on the intervention
  2. test the impact of AWAITS on knowledge about opioid overdose and risk-reduction strategies.
  3. assess the proportion of participants who accept a list of local treatment providers
  4. test the impact of AWAITS on interest in being tested for HCV/HIV.
Read the detailed description

The pre-post study of AWAITS will: 1) assess the acceptability of AWAITS as measured by participant feedback about the intervention; 2) test the impact of AWAITS on knowledge about opioid overdose, as measured by the OOTAS; 3) assess the proportion of participants who accept a list of local MAT treatment providers; and 4) test the impact of AWAITS on interest in being tested for HCV/HIV.

The acceptability of AWAITS will be assessed with a feedback form which includes questions about how helpful the intervention was (scale of 1-4), what the patient liked most and least about the intervention, and any suggestions for improving it. The average (and standard deviation) for the rated helpfulness of the intervention will be derived and the qualitative data about what they liked most and least about the intervention and suggestions for improvement will be tabulated. Pre-/post-changes in the percent of correct knowledge assessment items (i.e., about overdose and MAT) and interest in HCV/HIV testing will be analyzed using a Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The proportion of participants accepting a list of local MAT treatment providers will be calculated.

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Conditions studied

  • Opioid-use Disorder
  • IV Drug Usage
  • Overdose
  • Drug Addiction
  • Substance Use Disorders
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. At least 18 years of age
  2. Not enrolled in MAT per self-report
  3. Self-reports illicit opioid use

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Does not acknowledge reviewing "Information Sheet for Research" within REDCap
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
24 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    AWAITS

    Participants who meet criteria will receive the AWAITS self-administered, e-health application intervention.

    Other: self-administered, e-health application

Interventions

  • Otherself-administered, e-health application

    AWAITS is a self-administered, e-health application and includes short videos in which patients who are successfully engaged in MAT discuss what they wish they had known about MAT when they were actively using. The intervention is designed to maximize "scalability" - the administration would entail handing an electronic device (e.g., tablet, laptop, etc.) to an individual who would then self-administer the intervention.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 3 sections of the OOTAS (signs of overdose, how to respond to an overdose, and MAT)

    To test the impact of AWAITS on knowledge about opioid overdose

    Time frame: Day 1

Secondary outcomes

  1. Feedback on AWAITS

    To assess the acceptability of the intervention

    Time frame: Day 1

  2. Acceptance of list of MAT providers

    Assess relative interest in MAT post-AWAITS

    Time frame: Day 1

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Cincinnati Addiction Sciences Division
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, United States
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Nov 2017 to primary completion in Jun 2018, 7 months.

Of 464 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Opioid-Related Disorders, half reached primary completion within 29 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 14 and three quarters within 47. This study's 7 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 495 studies reached it within 29 months; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 46.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 10, 2018
First posted
Jan 18, 2018
StartActual
Nov 8, 2017
Primary completionActual
Jun 21, 2018
CompletionActual
Jun 21, 2018
Last update
Apr 10, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 10, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03402672
Responsible party
Theresa Winhusen, PhD (Principal Investigator, University of Cincinnati) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 18, 2018
Start date
Nov 8, 2017
Primary completion
Jun 21, 2018
Completion
Jun 21, 2018
Last update
Apr 10, 2019

Study contacts

Theresa Winhusen, PhD
principal investigator · University of Cincinnati

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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