Status:
COMPLETED
The Impact of Co-Dispensing Naloxone to Patients Prescribed Chronic Opioid Therapy
Lead Sponsor:
Kaiser Permanente
Collaborating Sponsors:
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Overdose
Risk Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In the setting of naloxone standing orders, this study will assess if co-dispensing naloxone with opioids to patients prescribed chronic opioid therapy changes opioid risk behaviors, increases naloxon...
Detailed Description
This is a pragmatic, pharmacy-based, cluster randomized controlled trial of a naloxone co-dispensing program for adults prescribed chronic opioid therapy. Pharmacies (target N=6) will be randomized to...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Study Population:
- Eligible pharmacies
- Patients prescribed chronic opioid therapy
- Inclusion Criteria for pharmacies:
- Stock naloxone for outpatient dispensing.
- Pharmacy leadership willing to provide naloxone under a co-dispensing protocol.
- Pharmacy leadership willing to be randomized to order of implementation.
- Have or can implement a naloxone standing order.
- Exclusion Criteria for pharmacies:
- • None
- Inclusion Criteria for patients:
- Prescribed chronic opioid therapy and meet criteria for the pharmacy co-dispensing protocol
- Receive medications at participating pharmacies
- Have a health plan which covers the formulation of naloxone available at the pharmacy they received their opioid prescriptions from.
- (for surveys)18 years of age or greater
- Exclusion Criteria:
- • (for surveys) Non-English speaking, hospice enrollment, do-not-resuscitate order
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 27 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 30 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
7 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03337100
Start Date
November 27 2017
End Date
September 30 2022
Last Update
March 3 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Denver Health
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80204