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A Model to Save Lives Through a Volunteer First Responder Service Providing Antidote Treatment in Opioid Overdose

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllRegion Skane
NCT07079241 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Opioids are responsible for the greatest drug-related global health burden. Prevention and treatment programs for people with opioid use disorder are widely implemented, but further actions are required to reduce the mortality and morbidity caused by opioid use and dependence. We suggest a novel and unique approach with a volunteer first responder system for suspected opioid overdoses, integrated with national emergency call services. The idea derives from the success of volunteer first responder systems for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Several reports exist globally with results of increased survival rates, less complications and a beneficial time-gain to start of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before emergency services (like ambulance and fire fighters) arrival. Our model aims to investigate feasibility, acceptability and safety of a smartphone-based volunteer first responder syste

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria for volunteer first responder: 1. Give informed written consent to participate in the study 2. Successfully complete an opioid overdose and naloxone course in addition to a first aid course, following current first aid guidelines from the Swedish Resuscitation Council and the European Resuscitation Council. 3. Download and register oneself as a user on the project-specific volunteer first responder app on a smartphone 4. Purchase naloxone from a pharmacy and receive reimbursement for the full cost of the purchase upon submission of the pharmacy receipt Exclusion Criteria for volunteer first responder: 1\. Displaying inappropriate behavior during the education day (or otherwise in time, as witnessed or experienced by course instructors or the project team). Such conduct could for example be to not follow the guidelines of low-arousal (non-confrontational) approach in emergencies. Inclusion Criteria for overdose alerts: 1. Victim being ≥15 years old 2. Any naloxone-responder being up to 10.000 meters from the situation, in Skåne Exclusion Criteria for overdose alerts: 1. Any trauma behind the condition 2. Dispatcher impression of the scene to be unsafe for lay persons
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What it tests

  • Naloxone-responder: A volunteer first responder system connected to emergency dispatch service and alerting overdose and first aid educated volunteers with naloxone to suspected opioid overdoses
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Where

1 site
Malmö Addiction Center
Malmö, Sweden
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