N/A
Completed N=479
Text Intervention to Facilitate Secure Storage and Disposal of Prescription Opioids
Opioid Misuse
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05503186 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
479
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Mar 2026
Primary outcomePrimary: Percentage of Participants Who Securely Stored Their Opioid Medication During Treatment — 48; 29; 140; 181 Participants — p=0.003
Summary
The proposed study aims to develop and implement a text message intervention that will instruct and motivate individuals to securely store opioid medications during treatment and subsequently dispose of unused medications following treatment. It is relevant to public health as it is expected to meet the critical need of reducing the diversion of prescription opioids for nonmedical use. The proposed research is relevant to National Institute on Drug Abuse's priorities to develop and implement theoretically based, prevention interventions that can be scalable in healthcare settings to elicit population-level impacts to address the opioid crisis.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Percentage of Participants Who Securely Stored Their Opioid Medication During Treatment |
48; 29; 140; 181 | 0.003 sig |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Participants Who Disposed of Their Unused Opioid Medication |
21; 12; 76; 88 | 0.070 |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- 18 years or older
- able to read and speak English
- owning a cell phone with the capability of receiving short message service (SMS) text messages
- receiving an opioid prescription within the past 14 days
Exclusion Criteria
- 17 years or younger
- not able to read and speak English
- does not own a cell phone with the capability of receiving SMS text messages
- has not received an opioid prescription within the past 14 days
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05503186). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.