Treatment for Opioid Dependent Offenders

University of Wisconsin, Madison16 enrolled

Overview

This pilot study is examining the feasibility of a primary care and a specialist treatment (methadone clinic) model of treatment for 15 offenders who are part of two community supervision programs: Drug Court and the Treatment Alternative Program (TAP) in Dane County. The questions addressed by future larger studies based upon the current pilot-feasibility study will center around whether access to primary health care as opposed to more traditional methadone treatment services will improve the health and criminal justice outcomes for participants.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Opioid Dependence

Interventions

MethadoneDRUG

daily for 12 months

buprenorphine (Suboxone)DRUG

daily for 12 months

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of opioid dependence * opioid positive urine drug screen * participation in local Drug Treatment Court or Treatment Alternative Program * women of childbearing potential who have a negative screening urine pregnancy test and are willing to use appropriate birth control methods during the duration of the study Exclusion Criteria: * current alcohol or sedative dependence * pregnancy * women who are currently breast-feeding * complex psychiatric co-morbidity (e.g. suicidality, psychosis) * complex medical co-morbidity (e.g. major cardiovascular, renal, or gastrointestinal/hepatic disease) * current pharmacotherapy with an agent which is contraindicated in combination with Suboxone or methadone according to drug labeling * paralytic ileus, coronary artery disease or heart arrhythmia, recent head injury, obstructive sleep apnea, severe asthma or COPD, end-stage renal disease, or severe morbid obesity

Locations (1)

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Retention rate of participants in the study

This study is focused on Dane County Drug Treatment Court and Treatment Alternative Program participants. The study will determine feasibility of monitoring participants in primary care as opposed to the usual standard of specialty care. Feasibility of monitoring participants will be studied in terms of retention rate of participants in the study

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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