R01DA054220

Soar: Smartphones for Opioid Addiction Recovery - Project Summary

Over 2 million Americans suffer from Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and another 9 million misuse opioids. Treatments for opioid addiction exist, but effectiveness is compromised when subjects use illicit opiates during treatment. Reuse rates during treatment can be high, and reducing illicit opiate use during treatment has thus recently become a major NIDA policy goal. Elevated reuse rates not only compromise treatment effectiveness, but this behavior predicts, and likely drives, treatment dropout.

With the support of a NIDA Basic Science R01, we developed a set of easy-to-use instruments that predict opioid reuse events with about twice the accuracy of any existing tool. The 5-minute battery we developed indicates the numerical probability that a patient will reuse illicit opiates within the next 7-10 days. In a pilot cohort, we successfully migrated this battery to a commercial smartphone platform and demonstrated 100% retention and >85% compliance (median compliance >95%) over a use period of up to 4 months.

In a survey of our largely homeless MOUD patients, we found that 85% already had smartphones and data contracts appropriate for using this platform as a part of their treatment. In a survey of OUD treatment physicians, we found that our system and the reuse prediction it provides was both highly desirable and usable as implemented. Finally, we found in a reanalysis of data from CTN-0051 that dynamic dosing of this very kind reduces relapse rates.

Our primary goal in this mid-scale clinical trial is to test the hypothesis that clinicians who use the output of our mobile system to adjust buprenorphine and methadone dosing achieve lower opiate reuse rates than physicians who provide care-as-usual. Our secondary goal is to examine the usability and desirability of this solution for clinicians with an eye to usability and large-scale deployment. Our third and final goal is to measure the cost-effectiveness of this solution from multiple perspectives.

If we are successful, it will be possible to employ an algorithmic and measurement-based approach to OUD treatment with methadone and buprenorphine, which reduces reuse rates and relapse rates amongst OUD patients.

New York University

TO SUPPORT BASIC AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, BIOMEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, EPIDEMIOLOGIC, HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH DISPARITY RESEARCH. TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE AND APPROACHES RELATED TO THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, ETIOLOGY, AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION, INCLUDING HIV/AIDS. TO SUPPORT RESEARCH TRAINING AND RESEARCH SCIENTIST DEVELOPMENT. TO SUPPORT DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) LEGISLATION IS INTENDED TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SBIR PROGRAMS TO EMPHASIZE AND INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED THROUGH FEDERAL SBIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE SBIR PROGRAM. THE LEGISLATION INTENDS THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM STIMULATE AND FOSTER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, FOSTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.

93.279 - Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) [HHS - NIH]

New York, New York 10016 United States

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Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required) (PA-20-183)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 435% from $989,878 to $5,292,761.