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NCT number NCT00539123
Other study ID # 0506000082
Secondary ID R01DA014718-05A1
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 2007
Est. completion date August 2012

Study information

Verified date June 2021
Source Yale University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized clinical trial evaluating whether Behavioral Drug and HIV Risk Reduction Counseling (BDRC), abstinence-contingent take-home buprenorphine (ACB), or the combination of the two improve efficacy and cost-effectiveness of standard buprenorphine treatment for opiate-dependent individuals in Malaysia.


Description:

Heroin and injection drug use (IDU) are highly prevalent and driving the HIV epidemic in Malaysia and other countries in the region. In our original RCT, buprenorphine was superior to naltrexone and placebo in treatment retention, weeks of consecutive abstinence and time to heroin use. However, there is room for improvement, since only 50% of subjects assigned to buprenorphine and counseling remained in treatment for 6 months; only 28% avoided relapse to heroin; and treatment reduced drug- but not sex-related HIV risk behaviors. In actual clinical practice in Malaysia and the U.S. buprenorphine treatment effectiveness may be even less, because buprenorphine is provided with relatively minimal psychosocial services (often brief physician management (PM) alone, without additional counseling), and without additional behavioral interventions or contingency management. Hence, we propose a follow up study to evaluate whether standard buprenorphine treatment (consisting of buprenorphine provision, PM, and non-contingent provision of take-home doses of buprenorphine, NCB) is sufficient or whether one or a combination of two behavioral treatments--behavioral drug and HIV risk reduction counseling (BDRC) or abstinence-contingent take-home buprenorphine (ACB)-improve its efficacy. BDRC utilizes short-term behavioral contracts to promote abstinence and reduce drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors and can be provided by nurses and medical assistants available in medical settings in Malaysia. ACB, a low cost and feasible alternative to non-contingent take-home buprenorphine (NCB), retains many of its advantages--abstinent patients manage their medication supplies outside of the clinic--but ACB also provides positive incentives for abstinence and directly observed buprenorphine for those with continuing heroin use. In the proposed 2X2 study, heroin dependent patients (N=240) will be inducted onto buprenorphine (weeks 1-2) and then randomized to PM with NCB, PM with ACB, PM with BDRC and NCB, or PM with BDRC and ACB (weeks 3-26). Primary outcome measures include reductions in heroin use (percent days abstinent, proportion of opiate-negative urine tests) and reductions in drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors. Data analyses will focus on the intention-to treat sample. The study results will inform practice guidelines and policies regarding buprenorphine treatment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 234
Est. completion date August 2012
Est. primary completion date August 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - opioid dependence Exclusion Criteria: - current dependence on alcohol, benzodiazepines or sedatives current suicide or homicide risk current psychotic disorder or major depression inability to understand protocol or assessment questions life threatening or unstable medical problems more than 3x normal liver enzymes

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
behavioral drug and HIV risk reduction counseling (BDRC)
BDRC utilizes short-term behavioral contracts to promote abstinence and reduce drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors and can be provided by nurses and medical assistants available in medical settings in Malaysia.
abstinence-contingent buprenorphine (ACB)
Participants achieving heroin abstinence documented by an opioid-negative urine test receive take-home doses of buprenorphine-naloxone, with the number of take-home doses permitted increasing depending on the number of consecutive opioid-negative urine tests. Participants who test positive receive all doses of buprenorphine-naloxone under direct observation in the clinic, using a three-times per week dosing protocol.

Locations

Country Name City State
Malaysia Substance Abuse Research Center Muar Johor
United States Yale University School of Medicine New Haven Connecticut

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Yale University National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Malaysia, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary reductions in heroin use 26 weeks
Primary reductions in drug- and sex-related HIV risk 26 weeks
Secondary retention 26 weeks
Secondary reductions in other illicit drug use 26 weeks
Secondary changes in functional status 26 weeks
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