Effect Of Case Management Following Discharge From Methadone Treatment

Opioid-Related Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Enhanced Outreach Counseling Following Methadone Treatment Discharge

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00018226
• Other study ID #: ADRD-022-97S
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: July 3, 2001
• Last updated: January 20, 2009
• Start date: April 1998
• Est. completion date: March 2001

Study information

• Verified date: December 2004
• Source: VA Office of Research and Development
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this project is to assess whether enhanced outreach counseling (EOC) is an effective outreach strategy for discharged methadone maintenance patients compared to a standard referral procedure. EOC is a brief (30 minute) face-to-face intervention, followed by six weeks of ongoing telephone counseling/case management designed to help eligible out-of-treatment methadone patients re-enter treatment. Several studies have shown those patients who voluntarily re-enter treatment improve significantly following re-enrollment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: March 2001
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Patients who have been discharged from methadone maintenance treatment at the PVAMC who consented (as active patients) to be contacted for follow-up upon discharge.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Opioid-Related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Case Management

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Drug Dependent Treatment Unit	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
VA Office of Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,