Reengineering Methadone Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 300
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Number of Participants With Opiate Positive Urine Tests
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the study is to determine whether a change in the rules and staff roles in methadone treatment programs will result in greater lengths of stay in treatment and lower rates of heroin and cocaine use, crime and HIV-risk behavior as compared to methadone treatment as usual.
详细描述
Early drop-out and premature discharge from methadone treatment is common in the United States and may be associated with drug use and its associated problems. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel approach to the organization methadone treatment in which the patient rules and staff roles of the clinic will be modified for study participants as compared to patients receiving standard methadone treatment.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •opiate dependence
- •newly admitted to methadone treatment
排除标准
- •pregnancy
研究组 & 干预措施
Patient-Centered Methadone Treatment
Patient-Centered Methadone Treatment alters the rules and staff roles in methadone treatment as usual in an attempt to increase treatment retention and improve patient outcomes.
干预措施: Patient-Centered Methadone Treatment (Other)
Methadone Treatment as Usual
Methadone treatment provided as usual in the U.S.
干预措施: Methadone Treatment as usual (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of Participants With Opiate Positive Urine Tests
时间窗: 12-months post-baseline
Number of participants with opiate positive urine tests
次要结局
- Number of Participants With Cocaine Positive Urine Tests(12-months post-baseline)
- Drug Use HIV Risk Behavior(12-months post-baseline)
- Criminal Behavior(12-months post-baseline)
- Global Score on the World Health Organization Quality of Life Measure(12-months post-baseline)
- Number of Participants Meeting DSM-IV Opiate Dependence Criteria(12-months post-baseline)
- Number of Participants Meeting DSM-IV Cocaine Dependence Criteria(12-months post-baseline)