Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths.
null nullJeffrey H SametNabila El-BasselT John WinhusenRebecca D JacksonEmmanuel A OgaRedonna K ChandlerJennifer VillaniBridget FreisthlerJoella AdamsArnie AldridgeAngelo AngerameDenise C BabineauSarah M BagleyTrevor J BakerPeter BalvanzCarolina BarbosaJoshua BarocasTracy A BattagliaDacia D BeardDonna BeersDerek BlevinsNicholas BoveCarly BriddenJennifer L BrownHeather M BushJoshua L BushRyan CaldwellKatherine CalverDeirdre CalvertAimee N C CampbellJane CarpenterRachel CasparDeborah ChasslerJoan ChayaDebbie M ChengChinazo O CunninghamAnindita DasguptaJames L DavidAlissa DavisTammy DeanMari-Lynn DrainoniBarry EgglestonLaura C FanucchiDaniel J FeasterSoledad FernandezWilson FigueroaDarcy A FreedmanPatricia R FreemanCaroline E FreiermuthEric FriedlanderKitty H GelbergErin B GibsonLouisa GilbertLaShawn GlasgowDawn A Goddard-EckrichStephen GomoriDawn E GrussJennifer GulleyDamara GutnickMegan E HallNicole Harger DykesSarah L HargroveKristin HarlowAumani HarrisDaniel HarrisDonald W HelmeJaNae HollowayJuanita HotchkissTerry HuangTimothy R HuertaTimothy HuntAyaz HyderVan L IngramTim IngramEmily KauffmanJennifer L KimballElizabeth N KinnardCharles KnottHannah K KnudsenMichael W KonstanSarah KosakowskiMarc R LarochelleHannah M LeaverPatricia A LeBaronR Craig LefebvreFrances R LevinNikki LewisNicky LewisMichelle R LofwallDavid W LounsburyJamie E LusterMichael S LyonsAimee MackKatherine R MarksStephanie MarquesanoRachel MaukAnn Scheck McAlearneyMargaret McGladreyJason McMullanJennifer MilesRosie Munoz LopezAlisha NelsonJessica L NeufeldLisa NewmanTrang Q NguyenEdward V NunesDevin A OllerCarrie B OserDouglas R OylerSharon PagnanoTheodore V ParranJoshua PowellKim PowersWilliam RalstonKelly RamseyBruce D RapkinJennifer G ReynoldsMonica F RobertsWill RobertsonPeter RockEmma RodgersSandra RodriguezMaria RudorfShawn RyanPamela SalsberryNasim S SabounchiMerielle SaucierCaroline SavitzkyBruce SchackmanElizabeth SchadyEric E SeiberAimee ShadwickAbigail ShobenMichael D SlaterSvetla SlavovaDrew SpeerJoel SprungerLaura E StarbirdMichele StatonMichael D SteinDanelle J Stevens-WatkinsThomas J StopkaAnn SullivanHilary L SurrattRachel Sword CruzJeffery C TalbertJessica L TaylorKatherine L ThompsonNathan VandergriftRachel Vickers SmithDeanna J VietzeDaniel M WalkerAlexander Y WalleyScott T WaltersRoger WeissPhilip M WestgateElwin WuApril M YoungGary A ZarkinSharon L WalshPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2024)
In this 12-month multimodal intervention trial involving community coalitions in the deployment of evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose deaths, death rates were similar in the intervention group and the control group in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fentanyl-related overdose epidemic. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health; HCS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04111939.).