Improving Methadone Maintenance Treatment Compliance and Outcomes in China

Methadone Clinical Trial

Official title:

Improving Methadone Maintenance Treatment Compliance and Outcomes in China

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01270113
• Other study ID #: DESPR DA025252
• Secondary ID: 5R21DA025252-02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 4, 2011
• Last updated: January 4, 2011

Study information

• Verified date: December 2010
• Source: University of California, Los Angeles
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

China faces the challenge of dual epidemics of drug use and HIV/AIDS. In responding to concerns of high rates of HIV/AIDS and other medical consequences among heroin users, China has recently implemented methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs nationwide. One problem noted with this rapid expansion is that the dropout rates from MMT have been high. The proposed study will adapt a motivational incentives (MI) intervention developed in the United States for use in Chinese MMT settings and will pilot test its effectiveness in improving treatment compliance and outcomes. The study's primary aims are: 1. to adapt a motivational incentives intervention in MMT in China, and 2. to experimentally pilot test the motivational incentives intervention. A secondary aim is to explore factors that may influence the outcomes of MMT that incorporates a motivational incentives intervention. It is hypothesized that the MI intervention can be adapted to Chinese settings and that it will optimize the positive outcomes of MMT in reducing HIV risks among heroin abusers. The collaborative team includes researchers in American and Chinese institutes (UCLA/Johns Hopkins/Washington, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Yunnan Institute for Drug Abuse), officials from national and local Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and providers in local MMT clinics in Shanghai and Yunnan.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:adult patients entering the participating MMT clinics during the recruitment period who are dependent on heroin and who are willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:Patients who are diagnosed with severe mental illness will not be eligible to participate.

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Methadone

Intervention

Behavioral:
• contingency management

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Los Angeles	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)