reSET-O RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial)

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Via reSET-O for a Hub and Spoke Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) System of Care.

This randomized controlled trial research study will be evaluating an app, reSET-O, owned by Pear Therapeutics, Inc., to evaluate treatment retention rates in individuals with opioid use disorder after initiating medication assisted treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Opioid-use Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: reSET-O app

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled trial research study will enroll 200 subjects, where half will be randomly assigned to treatment as usual (TAU) and the app, reSET-O (n = 100), and half will be assigned to TAU only (n = 100), in order to evaluate treatment retention rates in individuals with opioid use disorder after initiating medication assisted treatment. All subjects will participate in the study for a total of six months, and all subjects will attend five research appointments across the six months. Participants assigned to TAU + reSET-O will be expected to engage with the app, reSET-O, for the full six months. The app works as an extension of cognitive behavioral therapy as it provides psychoeducation related to opioid dependence and use, and is designed as an adjunctive treatment with medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 108
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Sarah S. Kawasaki, MD; Phone Number: 717-782-6844; Email: skawasaki@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Travis Young, PhD; Email: tyoung9@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 17110
      • Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 98 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older
• Diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD) as determined through routine clinical care
• Recently starting outpatient treatment for OUD within the Penn State Health Hub and Spoke System of Care
• Initiating MAT with buprenorphine-naloxone (suboxone), buprenorphine (Subutex), or methadone. Since buprenorphine (Subutex) is an FDA approved MAT for pregnant women with OUD, pregnant women are eligible to participate in the research study, assuming they meet all other eligibility requirements.
• Prison inmates are eligible to participate in the study
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Initiating maintenance treatment that does not include MAT or switching to a maintenance treatment that does not include MAT (i.e.: detoxification and counseling treatment only without MAT).
• Planning an outpatient detoxification
• Judged by the evaluating physician or allied clinician to need a higher level of care (i.e.: residential or inpatient treatment)
• Less than 18 years of age
• Unable to read, write, and comprehend English

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment-As-Usual (TAU) + reSET-O; Participants randomly assigned to this arm will receive their TAU alongside the use of the app, reSET-O.	Device: reSET-O app; The reSET-O app, owned by Pear Therapeutics, Inc., is designed to work as cognitive behavioral therapy, adjunctive to medication assisted treatment, for opioid use disorder. The app provides psychoeducation related to opioid use and dependence, coping skills, and skills to avoid relapse,
No Intervention: TAU only; Participants randomly assigned to this arm will receive their TAU only (no use of the app, reSET-O).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Retention in treatment on MAT for 6 months after enrolling in the study	reSET-O is a mobile app designed to provide extended cognitive behavioral therapy for patients initiating medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD). The first outcome being measure is treatment retention. We want to examine if participants enrolled in the study will maintain on MAT for 6 months after enrollment. This will be evaluated based on the number of appointments attended by the research participants. Data mining through our systems electronic medical record (EMR) will be conducted in order to count the number of attended appointments for study participants to gauge their treatment retention.	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Opioid and other substance abuse as assessed through biological specimen	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on substance use. This will be measured by collecting urine drug screens to assess drug use (if any) at each research appointment. The number of endorsed drugs used (as indicated by a positive urine drug screen) will be counted and recorded for each research visit.	6 months
Opioid and other substance abuse as assessed through participant self-report	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-o on substance use. This will be measured by participant self-report on the Timeline Follow Back Questionnaire (TLFB). The TLFB is a self-report measure that gages the participant's memory by using a calendar to assess drug use within a specific period of time. The number of endorsed drugs used (as indicated by the participant) will be counted and recorded for each research visit.	6 months
Cravings to use drugs as assessed by the reSET-O app	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as cravings to use drugs. This is captured in the reSET-O app as part of the programmed surveys that participants are asked to complete once pinged by the app. These surveys utilize a likert scale to ask the participant if they have experienced any cravings and the severity of said cravings (1 = mild cravings; 4=severe cravings). These ratings will assess total number of cravings and severity of cravings for the duration of the study (24 weeks) or up until the participant stops using the app; whichever comes first.	6 months
Overall mental health symptoms related to depression and anxiety as assessed by the K-10	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as overall mental health symptoms as measured by participant self-report on the Kessler 10 (K-10). The K-10 is a 10 item questionnaire that yields a global measure of distress based on questions about anxiety and depressive symptoms that an individual has experience within the most recent four week period. The questionnaire uses a likert scale for each prompt; a score of one indicates that an individual experiences symptoms or issues "None of the time," whereas a score of five indicates that an individual experiences symptoms or issues "All of time." The scores are summed and total amounts will fall in one of four categories: Score under 20 = likely to be well; Score 20-24 = likely to have a mild mental disorder; Score 25-29 = likely to have a moderate mental disorder; and Score 30 or more = likely to have a severe mental disorder.	6 months
Mental health symptoms specific to depression as assessed by the PHQ-9	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as mental health specific to depression as measured by the participant self-report on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The PHQ-9 is a 9 item questionnaire that assesses depressive symptoms or issues using a likert scale from "0 to 3;" 0 indicating no symptoms or issues and 3 indicating symptoms or issues occurring nearly every day. Scores are summed to calculate a total score. Scores 1-4 indicated minimal depression; scores 5-9 indicate mild depression; scores 10-14 indicate moderate depression; scores 15-19 indicated moderately severe depression; and scores 20-27 indicate severe depression.	6 months
Mental health symptoms related to PTSD as assessed by the PCL-C	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as mental health specific to post-traumatic stress disorder as measured by the participant self-report on the abbreviated PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C). The PCL-C is a 17 item questionnaire that assesses PTSD symptoms on a likert scale from one to five (one = no symptoms or issues; five = extreme symptoms or issues). The scores are summed and a score of 30 or more indicates clinical PTSD symptoms.	6 months
Health status as assessed by the EuroQol	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as health status as measured by the participant self-report on the EuroQol (EQ-5D-5L). The EQ-5D-5L is a 5 item questionnaire that assesses five separate subscales including mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Each subscale is rated on a 1-5 likert scale (1 =no problems; 5= extremely severe problem). Data will be combined into two categories consisting of "no problem" (scores of 0) and "problems" (scores 2-5) to establish frequency counts of health status for the duration of the study.	6 months
Coping strategies as assessed by the CSS	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as coping strategies as measured by the participant self-report on the Coping Strategies Scale (CSS). The CSS is 24 item questionnaire that assesses individual coping skill use on a likert scale ranging from 1-4 (1 = never use the identified coping skill; 4 = frequently use identified coping skill). A total score will be derived by taking the average of all 24 items.	6 months
Social Connectedness as assessed by the SCS	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as social functioning as measured by the participant self-report on the Social Connectedness Scale (SCS). The SCS is a 20 item questionnaire that assesses psychological belonging or interpersonal closeness using a likert scale ranging from 1 to 6 (1= strongly disagree; 6 = strongly agree. A total average across all items and higher scores indicate optimal functioning and a strong sense of belongingness, while lower scores reflect a lack of strong sense of belongingness.	6 months
HIV Risk as assessed by the SERBAS	Part of this study is looking at the effect of reSET-O on 6 month adherence and mediation of improvements in quality of life outcomes such as sexual health as measured by the HIV Risk Assessment (Sexual Experience and Risk Behavior Assessment - SERBAS). The SERBAS elicits counts of protected and unprotected vaginal or anal sex occasions by partner type.	6 months
Satisfaction of using reSET-O as a form of treatment as measured by a qualitative interview	This study will also be measuring patient satisfaction with the reSET-O app. This will be measured by an investigator created qualitative interview assessing the patient's likes, dislikes, and ease of use with the app, as well as open ended questions regarding how the patient would improve the app. This data will be uploaded into a qualitative system such as Nvivo for analysis.	6 months
Effectiveness of the reSET app content as measured by the IAFF	This study will also measure the effectiveness of the reSET-O app from the participant's stand point. This will be measured using The Intervention Acceptability/ Feedback Form (IAFF). The IAFF is a 9 item questionnaire. Seven questions evaluate the content of the app through the use of a likert scale ranging from 0 to 10 where 0 indicates the lowest effectiveness of the content and 10 indicates highest effectiveness of the content (i.e.: usefulness, relevancy, interesting, novelty, ease of understanding, and satisfaction as related to the app content). Two open ended questions allow the participant to address additional likes and dislikes with the content, as well as suggestions on improving the content. Frequency counts will be used to analyze likert scale scores, while responses to open ended questions will be uploaded into a qualitative system such as Nvivo for analysis.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Collaborators: Columbia University; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.; Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 14, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 15, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 15, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): October 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 25, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 23, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Narcotic-Related Disorders; Opioid-Related Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: 00012685

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Penn State's opioid use disorder clinic (opioid treatment program; OTP), housed at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute will be housing and collecting all data. App data transfers will come from Pear Therapeutics, Inc. to the Penn State study team. This data will not include identifiable information. This data will include the number of modules completed per participant, as well as survey data (as assessed by the app) related to cravings and use. Data will be shared using a Penn State IT approved interface such as Kite Drive, Accelion, or File Drop. Penn State will in turn share data with Columbia University research team (collaborators on the study), for data analyses. Again, this data will be deidentified and will be shared via a Penn State IT approved system as mentioned above.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes