Towards Testing the Effectiveness of Recovery Community Centers (RCCs)

The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to prepare for a larger randomized clinical trial (RCT) and collect some early data to learn if the intervention can help people who use medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is it feasible to recruit and randomize people to both treatment groups? 2. Does linking people to recovery community centers lead to better recovery outcomes? Researchers will compare linking people to recovery community centers (RCC) to enhanced treatment as usual to see if recovery outcomes are different. In one group, participants will learn about their local RCC and will be asked to visit their local RCC on at least two days and write about their experiences. In the other group, participants will learn about different recovery activities, pick any two, and do the activities of their choice on at least two days. They will also be asked to write about their experiences. People in both groups will answer online survey questions about their recovery outcomes and well-being in five surveys over one year.

NCT Number	NCT07010978
Lead Sponsor	Massachusetts General Hospital Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions	Opioid Use Disorder
Enrollment	128 participants
Start Date	2025-08-20
Primary Completion	2026-08-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-04-15 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-09-26