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Personalized Addiction Treatment eHancement
Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
Summary
Many patients stop medication-based treatments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) prematurely, placing them at increased risk for overdose and death. Providing targeted interventions for OUD, particularly through an accessible, digital health platform, is a potential way to enhance recovery and keep patients engaged in care. The current study seeks to test whether a digital mental health platform, delivered by peer recovery support specialists to individuals prescribed buprenorphine or methadone medication, will improve treatment outcomes for this high risk population.
Official title: The Vira Platform: A Contextually Triggered Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Opioid Use Disorder
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
22 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2026-08-13
Completion Date
2027-03-31
Last Updated
2026-08-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Vira Platform
The Vira Platform is a digitally enhanced mental health care platform consisting of a patient smartphone application that utilizes mobile sensing to garner insight about patterns of behavior related to negative affect, sleep, and anhedonia while simultaneously providing just-in-time nudges to increase positive interactions with the environment. Behavioral activation is the primary intervention being deployed through the Vira App. It is accompanied by a practitioner platform that is delivered through certified peer recovery support specialist to encourage engagement with the app and promote social support.
Treatment-As-Usual
The treatment-as-usual condition consists of standard outpatient buprenorphine or methadone treatment. These medications are among those considered to be the gold standard of care for treating opioid use disorder, and therefore, represents an adequate control intervention for this study.
Locations (1)
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, United States