Recruiting

Project REACH

Sponsor:

University of Minnesota

Code:

NCT07433712

Conditions

Substance Use

Drug Use

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Project REACH

Study Details

Brief summary:

This trial will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Project REACH (Remote Engagement \& Access for Community Health), a telehealth intervention at syringe service programs (SSP) to improve access to HIV-related evidence-based interventions (EBI) for people who use drugs including those who inject them.

Conditions

Substance Use

Drug Use

Study ID

NCT07433712

Start date

May 6, 2026

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

May 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 1, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

People Who Use Drugs Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • able to speak and understand English
  • have used an illicit substance at least once in the past year
  • have lived in the study area (in or near their city of their recruitment) for at least 6 months
  • have active health insurance by the start of the Project REACH trial date

People Who Use Drugs Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent

Stakeholder Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • able to speak and understand English
  • currently employed or volunteering with the PCC or an SSP enrollment site for at least one year at the time of the interview OR hired as a study navigator at one of the four enrollment sites

Stakeholder Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent

Study Design

Enrollment

121 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Project REACH Intervention

The primary interactions with participants of Project REACH will consist of syringe service program (SSP)-based recruitment and enrollment, provision of telehealth services at SSPs for the 6-month pilot duration, and exit interviews with a subset of participants and SSP study staff following the trial.

Interventions

Project REACH

The primary interactions with participants of Project REACH will consist of SSP-based recruitment and enrollment, provision of telehealth services at SSPs for the 6-month pilot duration, and exit interviews with a subset of participants and SSP study staff following the trial.

Primary outcome measure

  • Recruitment and Retention Rates [ Time Frame: Year 2 ]
  • Comfort Accessing Telehealth Services [ Time Frame: Year 2 ]
  • Uptake of PrEP [ Time Frame: Year 2 ]
  • Uptake of MOUD [ Time Frame: Year 2 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Kumi Smith

612-301-3051smi00831@umn.edu

Locations

University of Minnesota

Recruiting

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455

More Information

Sponsor

University of Minnesota

Last update posted

May 19, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Minnesota on 2026-05-19.