Financial Incentives to Promote Stimulant Abstinence in a Community-Based Syringe Exchange Program

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Conditions studied: Stimulant Use

In brief

The goal of this randomized control pilot study is to learn about a financial incentives intervention among individuals who use stimulants and take part in a community-based syringe exchange program. The main question it aims to answer is how financial incentives for not using stimulants will impact stimulant use. Participants in the experimental group will have the opportunity to earn financial incentives for providing a negative urine sample for stimulants using a point-of-care test, which indicates abstinence from stimulant use, along with health education on the health risks of stimulant use and substance injection. Researchers will compare the experimental group to the control group who will receive health education on the health risks of stimulants use and injection.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05787847

Run by

University of Vermont

People needed

27

Starts

2024-02-14

Expected to finish

2024-07-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• be 18 years or older
• report using stimulants in the past 30 days
• meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) diagnosis for stimulant use disorder at a moderate or severe level (i.e., 6 or more of the 11 criteria)
• participation in services at syringe exchange program

You may not qualify if…

• failure to meet one or more inclusionary criteria
• individuals who are cognitively impaired by their drug use or psychiatric conditions that could preclude informed consent

Where it is running

• Howard Center — Burlington, Vermont, United States

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