Status:

COMPLETED

Opioid Treatment Program (OTP)-Pharmacy Collaboration for Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

Friends Research Institute, Inc.

Collaborating Sponsors:

Duke Health

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Conditions:

Opioid-use Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

The overarching goal of this pilot study is to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and patient/provider satisfaction of pharmacy-based administration and dispensing of methadone for opioid use dis...

Detailed Description

The study will use a non-randomized, prospective, single group design. Twenty long-term, clinically-stable methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients who receive between 6- and 13-days methadone t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient aged 18 or older receiving methadone treatment at Morse Clinic in Raleigh or Zebulon, NC.
  • Able to provide informed written consent to participate in the pilot study.
  • Receiving a stable methadone dose between 5 mg and 160 mg.
  • Having all negative drug tests (except for prescribed methadone and ethanol) at the OTP for the past 12 months.
  • No missed call-backs in the past 12 months.
  • No signs/symptoms of a co-occurring major mental illness (i.e., thought disorder, thoughts of harm to self or others, delusions or hallucinations, cognitive impairment compromising informed consent to study procedures and requirements).
  • Meeting the federal and state regulations for eligibility to receive between 6- and 13-days of take-home methadone and receiving this level of take-home doses at the time of study enrollment.
  • If female, using adequate birth control methods.

Exclusion

  • Have a serious medical, psychiatric or substance use disorder that, in the opinion of the study physician, would make study participation hazardous to the participant, compromise study findings, or prevent the participant from completing the study.
  • Have chronic pain requiring ongoing pain management with opioid analgesics.
  • Prisoner status or pending legal action that could prevent participation in study activities
  • Legal order for treatment (e.g., parole, probation, or pre-trial)
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of screening.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 6 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 18 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04308694

Start Date

August 6 2020

End Date

January 18 2021

Last Update

April 1 2022

Active Locations (3)

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1

Health Park Pharmacy

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27615

2

Morse Clinic of North Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27615

3

Morse Clinic of Zebulon

Zebulon, North Carolina, United States, 27597