Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2016
A pilot randomized clinical trial of an intervention to reduce overdose risk behaviors among emergency department patients at risk for prescription opioid overdose.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.
- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Drug Use in Outpatient Medical Care: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Evidence for state, community and systems-level prevention strategies to address the opioid crisis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Pooled it
- The Emergency Department as an Opportunity for Naloxone Distribution.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Collaborative care intervention for risky opioid use among primary care patients: The STOP randomized clinical trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Trial
- The Opioid Safety Toolkit: An interactive prescription opioid safety toolkit to increase opioid safety literacy and behaviours among people prescribed opioids for pain-a randomised controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Trial
- Peer Navigator Intervention and Opioid-Related Adverse Events for Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Understanding risk and protective factors associated with opioid misuse among at-risk adolescents and young adults in the emergency department.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Understanding the characteristics and comorbidities of primary care patients with risky opioid use: Baseline data from the multi-site "Subthreshold Opioid Use Disorder Prevention" (STOP) Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Trial
- Association between housing status and mental health and substance use severity among individuals with opioid use disorder and co-occurring depression and/or PTSD.BMC primary care · 2025Trial
- Design of CLARO+ (Collaboration Leading to Addiction Treatment and Recovery from Other Stresses, Plus): A randomized trial of collaborative care to decrease overdose and suicide risk among patients with co-occurring disorders.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of the effects of brief versus extended opioid overdose education on naloxone utilization outcomes by individuals with opioid use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Trial
- Naloxone Co-Dispensing with Opioids: a Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Trial
- The Emergency Department Longitudinal Integrated Care (ED-LINC) intervention targeting opioid use disorder: A pilot randomized clinical trial.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Brief Motivational Intervention to Improve Adolescent Sexual Health Service Uptake: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in the Emergency Department.The Journal of pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Remotely delivered incentives to promote buprenorphine treatment engagement in out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Impact of a brief intervention on reducing alcohol use and increasing alcohol treatment services utilization among alcohol- and drug-using adult emergency department patients.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2017Trial
- A short communication of pain outcomes following a pharmacist-delivered alcohol and opioid use reduction intervention.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Exploratory analysis of pharmacist involvement in motivational interviewing intervention for patients with prescription opioid misuse behaviors.JAPhA practice innovations · 2026Article
- Identifying emergency department patients at high risk for opioid overdose using natural language processing and machine learning.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsPrescription opioid overdose is a significant public health problem. Interventions to prevent overdose risk behaviors among high-risk patients are lacking. This study examined the impact of a motivational intervention to reduce opioid misuse and overdose risk behaviors.
methodsThis study was a pilot randomized controlled trial set in a single emergency department (ED) in which, 204 adult, English-speaking patients seeking care who reported prescription opioid misuse during the prior 3 months were recruited. Patients were randomized to either the intervention, a 30-minute motivational interviewing-based session delivered by a therapist plus educational enhanced usual care (EUC), or EUC alone. Participants completed self-reported surveys at baseline and 6 months post-baseline (87% retention rate) to measure the primary outcomes of overdose risk behaviors and the secondary outcome of non-medical opioid use.
findingsParticipants in the intervention condition reported significantly lower levels of overdose risk behaviors (incidence rate ratio [IRR]=0.72, 95% CI: 0.59-0.87; 40.5% reduction in mean vs. 14.7%) and lower levels of non-medical opioid use (IRR=0.81, 95% CI: 0.70-0.92; 50.0% reduction in mean vs. 39.5%) at follow-up compared to the EUC condition.
conclusionsThis study represents the first clinical trial of a behavioral intervention to reduce overdose risk. Results indicate that this single motivational enhancement session reduced prescription opioid overdose risk behaviors, including opioid misuse, among adult patients in the ED.
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