Recruiting

Disclosure Intervention

Sponsor:

University of Delaware

Code:

NCT06458985

Conditions

Opioid Use Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Disclosing Recovery: A Decision Aid and Toolkit

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a disclosure intervention among people in treatment for opioid use disorder. The main question it aims to answer is whether people who receive a disclosure intervention have better treatment- and recovery-related outcomes one year after receiving the intervention. Participants will complete a brief disclosure intervention designed to help them (1) make key disclosures related to disclosure and (2) build skills to disclose. Researchers will compare results to participants in a waitlist comparator condition, who receive the intervention at the end of the study.

Conditions

Opioid Use Disorder

Study ID

NCT06458985

Start date

May 20, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2025

Completion date

Aug 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 1, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Client of Brandywine Counseling \& Community Services
  • Receiving opioid use disorder treatment at Brandywine Counseling \& Community Services
  • Considering disclosing one's opioid use disorder history and/or treatment to someone new

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of schizophrenia
  • Participation in pilot study of intervention

Study Design

Enrollment

480 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Disclosing Recovery

Participants complete a one-hour disclosure intervention for people in treatment for opioid use disorder. The intervention is facilitated by a workbook and accompanying worksheet.

no intervention: Waitlist Comparator

Participants do not complete the disclosure intervention at their baseline appointment. They are given the opportunity to complete the disclosure intervention at their final appointment.

Interventions

Disclosing Recovery: A Decision Aid and Toolkit

The Disclosing Recovery intervention is designed to help people in treatment for opioid use disorder (1) make key decisions regarding disclosure, including whether, why, what, how, and when to disclose, and (2) build skills to disclose, including planning what to say, practicing disclosure, and preparing for negative responses.

Primary outcome measure

  • Retention in treatment [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Illicit opioid use [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Valerie A Earnshaw, PhD

1-302-831-4772earnshaw@udel.edu

Locations

Brandywine Counseling & Community Services

Recruiting

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19805

Contacts

Carly Hill

1-302-401-1397‬UDiscloseResearch@gmail.com

More Information

Sponsor

University of Delaware

Last update posted

Jul 18, 2025

Last verified

Jul, 2025

Keywords

  • disclosure
  • social isolation
  • stigma
  • social support

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Delaware on 2025-07-18.