Opioid Dependence
Conditions
Keywords
opioid dependent, methadone, Suboxone, buprenorphine
Brief summary
This pilot study is examining the feasibility of a primary care and a specialist treatment (methadone clinic) model of treatment for 15 offenders who are part of two community supervision programs: Drug Court and the Treatment Alternative Program (TAP) in Dane County. The questions addressed by future larger studies based upon the current pilot-feasibility study will center around whether access to primary health care as opposed to more traditional methadone treatment services will improve the health and criminal justice outcomes for participants.
Interventions
DRUGMethadone
daily for 12 months
DRUGbuprenorphine (Suboxone)
daily for 12 months
Sponsors
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* diagnosis of opioid dependence * opioid positive urine drug screen * participation in local Drug Treatment Court or Treatment Alternative Program * women of childbearing potential who have a negative screening urine pregnancy test and are willing to use appropriate birth control methods during the duration of the study
Exclusion criteria
* current alcohol or sedative dependence * pregnancy * women who are currently breast-feeding * complex psychiatric co-morbidity (e.g. suicidality, psychosis) * complex medical co-morbidity (e.g. major cardiovascular, renal, or gastrointestinal/hepatic disease) * current pharmacotherapy with an agent which is contraindicated in combination with Suboxone or methadone according to drug labeling * paralytic ileus, coronary artery disease or heart arrhythmia, recent head injury, obstructive sleep apnea, severe asthma or COPD, end-stage renal disease, or severe morbid obesity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Retention rate of participants in the study | 12 months | This study is focused on Dane County Drug Treatment Court and Treatment Alternative Program participants. The study will determine feasibility of monitoring participants in primary care as opposed to the usual standard of specialty care. Feasibility of monitoring participants will be studied in terms of retention rate of participants in the study |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed