Clinical trial NCT06119503: Peer-Delivered Episodic Future Thinking for Returning Citizens
Official title: Peer Delivered Episodic Future Thinking to Improve MOUD Treatment Engagement Among Returning Citizens - A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Behavior, Health
Keywords: delay discounting
episodic future thinking
returning citizen
substance use recovery
Lead sponsor: Henry Ford Health System
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Detroit Recovery Project INC
name: Michigan State University
name: University of Kansas
First posted: 2023-11-07
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a brief, episodic future thinking (EFT) intervention in a substance use treatment setting serving returning citizens with substance use disorders (SUD).

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Determine preliminary implementation potential of the EFT intervention, including acceptability and feasibility of conducting the intervention.
2. Examine the preliminary effectiveness of this approach, with a specific focus on patient outcomes, including changes in delay discounting, treatment retention, treatment motivation, and substance use.

Participants will be asked to participant in pre and post assessment questionnaires, participate in a single-episode brief intervention followed by tailored phone call follow-ups.

Detailed description: Returning citizens with substance use disorders (SUD) are at the greatest risk for overdose in the first two weeks following the transition from incarceration. Thus, the reentry period is of specific importance for ensuring individuals are engaged and retained in specialized intervention services. Individuals also face numerous, and highly impactful, decisions during this period. They are required to navigate complex tasks (finding employment, securing housing), often with limited financial and social supports. Of particular concern, recent research suggests that the reentry period, often characterized by instability and limited resources, may reinforce a decision-making approach that favors meeting immediate needs relative to engaging in long-term planning. This focus on attaining smaller but immediately available rewards relative to larger, delayed, rewards (known as delay discounting), in turn, has been associated with a number of negative health outcomes, including substance use and poor treatment outcomes (higher dropout and lower motivation). In other words, the reentry context may create an environment which reinforces individuals' tendencies to engage in short-term, reward-seeking behaviors (e.g. substance use, skipping treatment appointments) at a time when their decisions have highly significant consequences (relapse, recidivism). This study will examine the efficacy of implementing a low-cost, brief intervention (Episodic Future Thinking) targeting the reduction of delay discounting with the reentry population to inform broader public health efforts aimed at reducing substance misuse and improvements in treatment outcomes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. At least 18 years of age
2. Experience in an incarceration setting within 12 months
3. Identify as an individual in substance use recovery
4. Willing to participate in the study
5. Able to participate in written assessments and an intervention conducted in English
6. Willing to receive brief bi-weekly check-in calls for one month, email, and other phone messages related to study participation including SMS/text messages as needed

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Individuals' ineligible or unwilling to participate in study activities and assessments
2. Self-reporting of active and untreated psychosis

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Delay Discounting 5 Trial Adjusted Measure
timeFrame: Baseline and up to 3 months post-intervention
measure: Change in Consideration of Future Consequences Scale
timeFrame: Baseline and up to 3 months post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (SMAST)
timeFrame: Baseline and up to 3 months post-intervention
measure: Change in Drug Abuse Screen Test (DAST)
timeFrame: Baseline and up to 3 months post-intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Detroit Recovery Project
state: Michigan
Study officials:
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