Prospective Cohort of Opiate Dependent Patients on Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Maintenance
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Opiate Dependence
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Opioid free urine toxicology
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to expand access to buprenorphine using a mobile health care system among marginalized populations with or at high risk for HIV and observe longitudinal effects of treatment.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •At high risk for HIV (IV drug use, commercial sex worker, partner of HIV+)
- •Mental Health (unmanaged or diagnosed mental illness)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Benzodiazepine use
- •Opiate use due to pain management issues only (present or past)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Opioid free urine toxicology
Time Frame: 10/1/03-9/30/08
To assess the feasibility and efficacy of the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid dependence in high risk populations accessing a mobile health care system using incidence of opioid free urine toxicology.
Attendance
Time Frame: 10/1/03-9/30/08
To assess the feasibility and efficacy of the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid dependence in high risk populations accessing a mobile health care system using tracked attendance.
Secondary Outcomes
- Access to other health care, incarceration, hospitalization acceptability of the site of care from both patient and provider perspectives, and attendance and adherence to counseling.(10/1/03-9/30/08)