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Emergency Department Outcomes for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Emergency Department Outcomes for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04289363
Enrollment
53
Registered
2020-02-28
Start date
2020-11-25
Completion date
2022-02-18
Last updated
2023-07-06

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Conditions

Opioid-use Disorder

Brief summary

Using mixed methods and triangulating multiples sources of data collected over the course of the parent (CTN-0079 - NCT03544112) and the ancillary studies to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, sustainability and impact of the emergency department (ED)-initiated Buprenorphine (BUP) clinical program and implementation facilitation strategy and identify factors influencing diffusion and effectiveness.

Detailed description

The ancillary study will use mixed-methods combining quantitative and qualitative inquiry (interview/focus group and field notes) with administrative and health record data with some analyses including data collected from the parent CTN-0079 (NCT03544112) study. Further, qualitative data will be analyzed in the context of themes derived from CTN-0069 (NCT03023930) and CTN-0079. CTN-0079-A1 is planned to be conducted at two of the three sites of the parent study: (1) Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire; (2) Bellevue/NYU Health and Hospitals, New York, NY. Many of the methods, operating procedures, measures and forms will be retained or adapted from the parent study. However, CTN-0079-A1 is a new study in which lessons learned through the parent study have informed important design modifications necessary to improve study rigor and utility. As in the parent study, CTN-0079, all clinical care (BUP and referral) will be delivered as part of each facility's clinical protocol, rather than as a research procedure. Implementation Facilitation (IF) activities will continue during ancillary trial preparation with a more intensive booster of IF activities occurring in the last month prior to trial commencement. Thereafter, all study IF support will cease and ancillary study data collection will begin. Data collection will occur over a course of approximately 12 months, divided into two 6-month study periods - the Post-IF and Maintenance Periods. A period of at least 6 months should separate the beginning of the Maintenance Period from the time of last study intervention.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALClinical program implementation

Using mixed methods and triangulating multiple sources of data collected over the course of parent and ancillary studies to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, sustainability, and impact of the ED-initiated BUP clinical program and implementation facilitation strategy and identify factors influencing diffusion and effectiveness. Converging provider and patient perspectives and field notes with process measures and intervention outcomes, including proportions screened, treated, and engaged in treatment, will provide explanation to contextualize and better understand feasibility, acceptability, and factors associated with the rate with which the ED-initiated BUP innovation is adopted and how well it is sustained.

Sponsors

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
CollaboratorNIH
NYU Langone Health
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Qualitative Population: * Key stakeholder or opinion leader for ED-initiated BUP * 18 years of age or older Full Study Population & Limited Study Population: * Be able to speak English sufficiently to understand study procedures * Be a potential candidate for ED-initiated BUP by meeting either of the 2 criteria: 1. Clinical determination: patient is a willing and eligible candidate for ED-initiated BUP or for whom this can be reasonably inferred, including any patient who is administered and/or prescribed BUP as part of the index ED visit. 2. Research determination: Both a and b below must be true at the time of study enrollment: a) Assessment conducted by an RA indicates that the patient- (all must be true): i. has had nonmedical opioid use within the last 7 days, ii. meets DSM-5 criteria for moderate or severe opioid use disorder (OUD), iii. denies methadone use within 72 hours of ED visit registration, iv. is not engaged in formal medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment, v. is not prescribed opioids for chronic pain management, vi. reports being interested or not sure if interested in receiving BUP as elicited on the ED Health Survey during the index ED visit. b) Absence of clinical documentation associated with the ED visit indicating that the patient is not a candidate for ED-initiated BUP.

Exclusion criteria

Qualitative Population: * Unwilling or unable to provide consent * currently in jail, prison, or any inpatient overnight facility Full Study Population: * Unwilling or unable to provide written/electronic informed consent * Currently engaged in formal MOUD treatment at the time of index ED visit * Currently in jail, prison or any inpatient overnight facility as required by court of law * Previous participation as a patient- participant in CTN-0079 or previous participation as a Full Study participant in the current study * Presents from a medical-based extended care facility * Current research participant in a substance use intervention study * Inadequate locator information (unable or unwilling to provide 2 unique means of contact) * Unable or unwilling to complete research visits at baseline and Day 30. Limited Study Population: * Unwilling or unable to provide written/electronic informed consent * Currently engaged in formal MOUD treatment at the time of index ED visit * Currently in jail, prison or any inpatient overnight facility as required by court of law * Previous participation in the current study as a Limited study or Full study participant * Presents from a medical-based extended care facility

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percent of Participants Who Received Emergency Department (ED)-Initiated/Expedited Buprenorphine (BUP)Up to Month 12The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: \[(Candidates who receive ED-initiated BUP with any disposition) + (Candidates who receive ED-expedited BUP and who are discharged)\] / \[(Candidates who are discharged) + (Candidates who receive ED-initiated BUP that are not discharged)\].
Percent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated/Expedited BUP Who Were Confirmed to be Engaged in Formal Addiction Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on the 30th Day Following DischargeDay 30 Post-Discharge (Up to Month 12)The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (participants who are confirmed to be engaged in formal addiction treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on the 30th day following discharge / total number of participants who received ED-initiated/expedited BUP).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUPUp to Month 12The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (ED-initiated, all) / \[All discharged candidates + (ED-initiated, not discharged)\]
Percent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated/Expedited BUPUp to Month 12The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (ED-initiated/expedited, all) / \[All discharged candidates + (ED-initiated/expedited, not discharged)\]
Percent of Discharged Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUPUp to Month 12The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: \[(ED-initiated, discharged) + (ED-expedited, discharged)\] / All candidates who were discharged
Change in Number of Self-Reported Opioid-Related Overdose EventsBaseline, Day 30Participants will be asked to report the number of opioid-related overdose events experienced in the past 30 days through a self-report form.
Change in Number of Days of Opioid and/or Other Drug Use as Assessed by Timeline Followback (TLFB) AssessmentBaseline, Day 30The TLFB assessment will elicit the participant's self-reported use of illicit substances over the previous 7 days. At the Day 30 follow-up visit the assessment period will be the 7 days preceding the Day 30 post index ED visit.
Percent of Not-Admitted Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUPUp to Month 12The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (ED-initiated, not admitted) /All candidates who were not admitted

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Pre-assignment details

Certain Outcome Measures of the current study were pre-specified to utilize participants not enrolled in the study. These participants are represented in the Patients Identified via Chart Review arm. As these participants were not enrolled in the study, they are not counted in the Protocol Enrollment. Enrolled participants are represented in the ED Patients arm.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
ED Patients
Administrative and health record data will be examined to assess rates of screening, assessment, eligibility determination, etc. Clinical program implementation: Using mixed methods and triangulating multiple sources of data collected over the course of parent and ancillary studies to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, sustainability, and impact of the ED-initiated BUP clinical program and implementation facilitation strategy and identify factors influencing diffusion and effectiveness. Converging provider and patient perspectives and field notes with process measures and intervention outcomes, including proportions screened, treated, and engaged in treatment, will provide explanation to contextualize and better understand feasibility, acceptability, and factors associated with the rate with which the ED-initiated BUP innovation is adopted and how well it is sustained.
39
Patients Identified Via Chart Review
Patients who were identified via chart review.
1,489
Total1,528

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up140

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPatients Identified Via Chart ReviewTotalED Patients
Age, Continuous41.3 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.91
42.25 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.315
43.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.72
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
198 Participants205 Participants7 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
1044 Participants1076 Participants32 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
47 Participants47 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
10 Participants10 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
4 Participants4 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
317 Participants325 Participants8 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
35 Participants35 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
50 Participants54 Participants4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
658 Participants685 Participants27 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
1489 participants1528 participants39 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
277 Participants287 Participants10 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
1211 Participants1240 Participants29 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 390 / 0
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 00 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 00 / 0

Outcome results

Primary

Percent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated/Expedited BUP Who Were Confirmed to be Engaged in Formal Addiction Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on the 30th Day Following Discharge

The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (participants who are confirmed to be engaged in formal addiction treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on the 30th day following discharge / total number of participants who received ED-initiated/expedited BUP).

Time frame: Day 30 Post-Discharge (Up to Month 12)

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewPercent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated/Expedited BUP Who Were Confirmed to be Engaged in Formal Addiction Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on the 30th Day Following Discharge48.3 Percentage of participants
Primary

Percent of Participants Who Received Emergency Department (ED)-Initiated/Expedited Buprenorphine (BUP)

The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: \[(Candidates who receive ED-initiated BUP with any disposition) + (Candidates who receive ED-expedited BUP and who are discharged)\] / \[(Candidates who are discharged) + (Candidates who receive ED-initiated BUP that are not discharged)\].

Time frame: Up to Month 12

Population: The overall number of participants analyzed for this outcome measure (n=1489) represents individuals identified via retrospective chart review and data matching for all adult emergency department (ED) patients identified to have nonmedical opioid use presenting to the ED during the IF, Post-IF or Maintenance periods. This outcome was not assessed among participants in the ED patients arm.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewPercent of Participants Who Received Emergency Department (ED)-Initiated/Expedited Buprenorphine (BUP)39.40 Percentage of participants
Secondary

Change in Number of Days of Opioid and/or Other Drug Use as Assessed by Timeline Followback (TLFB) Assessment

The TLFB assessment will elicit the participant's self-reported use of illicit substances over the previous 7 days. At the Day 30 follow-up visit the assessment period will be the 7 days preceding the Day 30 post index ED visit.

Time frame: Baseline, Day 30

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewChange in Number of Days of Opioid and/or Other Drug Use as Assessed by Timeline Followback (TLFB) Assessment-2.3 Days
Secondary

Change in Number of Self-Reported Opioid-Related Overdose Events

Participants will be asked to report the number of opioid-related overdose events experienced in the past 30 days through a self-report form.

Time frame: Baseline, Day 30

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewChange in Number of Self-Reported Opioid-Related Overdose Events1.78 Overdose events
Secondary

Percent of Discharged Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUP

The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: \[(ED-initiated, discharged) + (ED-expedited, discharged)\] / All candidates who were discharged

Time frame: Up to Month 12

Population: The overall number of participants analyzed for this outcome measure (n=1281) represents individuals identified via retrospective chart review and data matching for all adult emergency department (ED) patients identified to have nonmedical opioid use presenting to the ED during the IF, Post-IF or Maintenance periods. This outcome was not assessed among participants in the ED patients arm.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewPercent of Discharged Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUP32.10 Percentage of participants
Secondary

Percent of Not-Admitted Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUP

The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (ED-initiated, not admitted) /All candidates who were not admitted

Time frame: Up to Month 12

Population: The overall number of participants analyzed for this outcome measure (n=1317) represents individuals identified via retrospective chart review and data matching for all adult emergency department (ED) patients identified to have nonmedical opioid use presenting to the ED during the IF, Post-IF or Maintenance periods. This outcome was not assessed among participants in the ED patients arm.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewPercent of Not-Admitted Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUP28.10 Percentage of participants
Secondary

Percent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUP

The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (ED-initiated, all) / \[All discharged candidates + (ED-initiated, not discharged)\]

Time frame: Up to Month 12

Population: The overall number of participants analyzed for this outcome measure (n=1310) represents individuals identified via retrospective chart review and data matching for all adult emergency department (ED) patients identified to have nonmedical opioid use presenting to the ED during the IF, Post-IF or Maintenance periods. This outcome was not assessed among participants in the ED patients arm.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewPercent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated BUP30.7 Percentage of participants
Secondary

Percent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated/Expedited BUP

The outcome will be calculated using the following formula: (ED-initiated/expedited, all) / \[All discharged candidates + (ED-initiated/expedited, not discharged)\]

Time frame: Up to Month 12

Population: The overall number of participants analyzed for this outcome measure (n=1489) represents individuals identified via retrospective chart review and data matching for all adult emergency department (ED) patients identified to have nonmedical opioid use presenting to the ED during the IF, Post-IF or Maintenance periods. This outcome was not assessed among participants in the ED patients arm.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Patients Identified Via Chart ReviewPercent of Participants Who Received ED-Initiated/Expedited BUP25.4 Percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026