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Brief Introductory Therapy for Opioid Dependence

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00406484
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 4, 2006
Last Update Posted : January 16, 2014
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Marek Cezary Chawarski, Yale University

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
A randomized clinical trial to compare the efficacy of Behavioral Drug and HIV Risk Reduction Counseling (BDRC) and standard methadone drug counseling.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Opiate Dependence HIV Infections Behavioral: Standard drug counseling Behavioral: BDRC Phase 2

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Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 51 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Brief Introductory Therapy for Opioid Dependence
Study Start Date : September 2004
Actual Primary Completion Date : September 2009
Actual Study Completion Date : September 2010

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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: 1
Behavioral Drug and HIV Risk Reduction Counseling (BDRC)
 Behavioral: BDRC
Behavioral Drug and HIV Risk Reduction Counseling, individual once or twice weekly sessions
Active Comparator: 2
Standard drug counseling
 Behavioral: Standard drug counseling
Individual drug counseling


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Maximum number of consecutive weeks of opiate abstinence achieved during treatment [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  2. Overall proportion of opiate negative urines tests in each treatment group [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  3. Reduction in HIV risk behaviors [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Improvements in social, employment, legal, medical and psychiatric functioning [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • opioid dependence

Exclusion Criteria:

  • suicide or homicide risk
  • psychiatric disorder requiring medication treatment
  • life threatening or unstable medical problems
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Locations
United States, Connecticut
Methadone Research Unit, The APT Foundation, Inc.
New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519
Sponsors and Collaborators
Yale University
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Marek C Chawarski, Ph.D. Yale University
More Information
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Responsible Party: Marek Cezary Chawarski, Associate Professor, Yale University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00406484     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2R01DA013108-04 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted: December 4, 2006    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: January 16, 2014
Last Verified: January 2014

Keywords provided by Marek Cezary Chawarski, Yale University:
Methadone
Counseling
HIV risk reduction
HIV Seronegativity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Opioid-Related Disorders
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders