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RAE cHealth: A digital community support tool to promote recovery from substance use disorder

Award Number: R44DA056162
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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RAE cHealth: A digital community support tool to promote recovery from substance use disorder - PROJECT SUMMARY The research project outlined in this Fast track SBIR submission will develop the RAE cHealth platform into a tool to address digital inequities and support peer-based collaborative recovery for individuals with substance use disorder. In this proposal, the investigators intend to develop and deploy the RAE cHealth system- consisting of a wearable sensor and a smartphone app. RAE cHealth combines objective physiologic data analysis to identify stress and craving, collection of important user driven data on social determinants of health and barriers to recovery, visualization to understand special and temporal relationships, and constant connection to peer recovery personnel via in-app multiple communications options, including telehealth. The specific aims are to Aim 1) Conduct a needs assessment to understand current barriers and facilitators of digital health use in individuals with socioeconomic disadvantage and SUD who engage with peer recovery services. We will conduct semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders to understand required features Aim 2) Iteratively pilot test RAE cHealth in three cohorts of N= 5 subjects for compliance and usability in our target population. Prior to transitioning to Phase II, we will develop the fully functional RAE cHealth app based on three prototype audit/feedback cycles, and achieve an average system usability score of 68. Aim 3) Deploy RAE cHealth within peer support-based SUD collaborative care organizations. We will conduct an observational trial of RAE cHealth through three community-based outreach programs to assess retention in services, healthcare resource utilization, return to substance use, employment data, psychosocial functioning, and usability, and Aim 4) Explore additional features based on SDoH data to enhance algorithms for the detection of stress and craving and those predictive of treatment-related outcomes. Upon completion, RAE cHealth will be a ready-for-market collaborative digital clinical decision intervention to support community- based recovery programs, and a value-added tool for SUD treatment programs to improve outcomes with objective data, and ultimately to support recovery. Findings from this work will not only inform the development in this specific use case but will be broadly applicable to the personalization of mHealth across disease states, which is ultimately needed to bridge the digital divide and make digital healthcare widely accessible.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2024	CONTINUE YOU LLC	13 DEVOE RD	BRISTOL	ME	04539	LINCOLN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	12/12/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2022	CONTINUE YOU LLC	13 DEVOE RD	BRISTOL	ME	04539	LINCOLN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	2/12/2025	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $862,744 )
2024	2024	CONTINUE YOU LLC	13 DEVOE RD	BRISTOL	ME	04539	LINCOLN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	6/21/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$862,744
														Subtotal = $862,744

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $862,744 )
2023	2023	CONTINUE YOU LLC	13 DEVOE RD	BRISTOL	ME	04539	LINCOLN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	6/5/2023	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$862,744
														Subtotal = $862,744

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $259,613 )
2022	2022	CONTINUEYOU, LLC	13 DEVOE RD	BRISTOL	ME	04539	LINCOLN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	7/15/2022	NEW	$259,613
														Subtotal = $259,613

Grand Total All Awards = $1,985,101

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RAE cHealth: A digital community support tool to promote recovery from substance use disorder

Award Number: R44DA056162

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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