Repeated-dose Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Opioid Overdose (REBOOT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03838510 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : February 12, 2019
Last Update Posted : August 16, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Opioid-Related Disorders Drug Overdose | Behavioral: REBOOT | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 268 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Repeated-dose Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Opioid Overdose: A Two-Site Randomized-Controlled Efficacy Trial (REBOOT) |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 22, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Brief Counseling Intervention |
Behavioral: REBOOT
The brief counseling intervention will utilize Motivational Interviewing and skills-building techniques to modify personal overdose risk behaviors and develop skills as a peer responder for witnessed overdose. The counselor will draw upon themes of safer substance use to address overdose risk behaviors and determine readiness for change in substance use. |
No Intervention: Control Group |
- Occurrence of overdose events [ Time Frame: 16 Months ]Occurrence of overdose events will be measured by self-report via timeline follow-back (TLFB) assessment, ED/EMS records, and Vital records.
- Number of overdose events [ Time Frame: 16 Months ]Number of overdose events will be measured by self-report via timeline follow-back (TLFB) assessment, ED/EMS records, and Vital records.
- Days of substance use treatment [ Time Frame: 16 Months ]Days of substance use treatment will be measured by self-report via TLFB and with appropriate HIPAA/CFR-42 release.
- Dates of substance use treatment [ Time Frame: 16 Months ]Dates of substance use treatment will be measured by self-report via TLFB and with appropriate HIPAA/CFR-42 release.
- Modality of substance use treatment [ Time Frame: 16 Months ]Substance use treatment modality will be measured by self-report via TLFB and with appropriate HIPAA/CFR-42 release.
- Number of days of opioid use [ Time Frame: 16 Months ]Days of substance use treatment will be measured by self-report via TLFB.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-65 years
- Characteristics of opioid use history
- Previously received take-home naloxone
- No life-threatening illness likely to progress clinically during trial
- Able/willing to provide informed consent and locator information, communicate in English, and adhere to visit schedule
Exclusion Criteria:
- Suicidal ideation
- Participating in another interventional study that could possibly impact the study's outcomes of interest
- Planning to leave San Francisco/Boston metro area during study
- Previously exposed to REBOOT counseling intervention
- Any condition that, in the Principal Investigator's judgment, interferes with safe study participation or adherence to study procedures

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03838510
United States, California | |
San Francisco Department of Public Health | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94102 | |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Boston Medical Center | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118 |
Principal Investigator: | Phillip O Coffin, MD, MIA | San Francisco Department of Public Health |
Responsible Party: | Phillip Coffin, MD, MIA, Director, Substance Use Research Unit, San Francisco Department of Public Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03838510 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
5R01DA045690-02 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | February 12, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 16, 2022 |
Last Verified: | August 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Drug Overdose Opioid-Related Disorders Opiate Overdose Substance-Related Disorders |
Chemically-Induced Disorders Narcotic-Related Disorders Mental Disorders |