Recruiting

Peer Recovery Support

Sponsor:

Geisinger Clinic

Code:

NCT07197801

Conditions

Opioid Use Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Peer recovery support to enhance patient engagement in medication for opioid use disorder treatment

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if receiving peer recovery support (support services provided by trained "peers" with lived experience of addiction and recovery) improves retention in medication treatment among people with opioid use disorder. The main question it aims to answer is: does peer recovery support improve retention in medication treatment for opioid use disorder?

Researchers will compare two groups: (1) standard care combined with a peer recovery support program, and (2) standard care alone, to see if peer recovery support works to improve retention in medication treatment for opioid use disorder.

Participants will: visit clinics as they normally would to receive standard care (medication treatment for opioid use disorder); complete two questionnaires - one when they start treatment and one 6 months later; and agree to let researchers use information from their medical record. Participants in group 1 will also be invited to meet with a peer recovery support specialist for up to 6 months.

Conditions

Opioid Use Disorder

Study ID

NCT07197801

Start date

Dec 23, 2025

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Jul 31, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan 31, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult ≥ 18 years of age
  • Initiated medication for opioid use disorder treatment in past 45 days in a Geisinger outpatient clinic
  • Willing and able to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Received medication for opioid use disorder treatment at a Geisinger outpatient clinic in the 90-day period prior to the treatment initiation date
  • Not proficient in English

Study Design

Enrollment

218 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Standard Care

Study participants will receive the standard care - medication treatment for opioid use disorder

experimental: Standard Care + Peer Recovery Support

In addition to standard care (medication treatment for opioid use disorder), study participants will receive support provided by a peer recovery support specialist

Interventions

Peer recovery support to enhance patient engagement in medication for opioid use disorder treatment

The intervention adds a peer recovery support (PRS) program to standard outpatient medication for opioid use disorder treatment and medical care. The PRS program will entail meeting one-on-one with a peer recovery specialist over a 6-month period, who will utilize their lived experience with substance use and recovery to provide emotional, informational, instrumental, and affiliational support to participants.

Primary outcome measure

  • 6-month treatment retention [ Time Frame: 180 days from initiation of medication treatment for opioid use disorder ]
  • Length of time in treatment [ Time Frame: 180 days from initiation of medication treatment for opioid use disorder ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Project Manager

1-866-910-6486, Option 3PEERS@geisinger.edu

Locations

Geisinger Clinic

Recruiting

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States, 17822

Principal Investigator:

Melissa N Poulsen, PhD, MPH

More Information

Sponsor

Geisinger Clinic

Last update posted

Feb 18, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • Medication for opioid use disorder
  • Peer recovery support

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Geisinger Clinic on 2026-02-18.