Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

The Feasibility of Using the PulsePoint to Facilitate Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution

Lead Sponsor:

Indiana University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Conditions:

Carrying Naloxone/Narcan on Their Person or in Their Vehicle

Being Trained to Respond to an Opioid Overdose

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is a feasibility trial to assess whether, in a random sample of 180 agencies where PulsePoint is already active, revised procedures (hereinafter PulsePoint-OD) to facilitate opioid overdose...

Detailed Description

A full, detailed description of the study protocol and preregistered procedures is located in our formal protocol paper (https://doi.org/10.2196/57280) which is also cited at the end of this specific ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Layperson responders who are part of the PulsePoint system register with a local first responder agency using their smartphone. Anyone who is registered with a PulsePoint agency randomly selected for this project is included. Most layperson responders (eg, those who are not also off-duty first responders themselves) are only alerted to incidents in public spaces. No identifying information is collected from these users except the unique ID of the device.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 7 2024

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    September 30 2026

    Estimated Enrollment :

    5000 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT06523985

    Start Date

    August 7 2024

    End Date

    September 30 2026

    Last Update

    June 27 2025

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    Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 47405