Prospective Cohort of Opiate Dependent Patients on Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Maintenance (Project BEST)

August 23, 2016 updated by: Yale University
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Connecticut
      • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
        • Yale University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • HIV +
  • 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)
  • Non-IDU

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mobile Access to Buprenorphine
High risk populations accessing a mobile health care system can obtain Buprenorphine for treatment.
Subjects would access buprenorphine through mobile access. On day 1: 8 mg of buprenorphine, then on Day 2: 16 mg daily of buprenorphine sublingually.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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.
10/1/03-9/30/08
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.
10/1/03-9/30/08

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
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.
Time Frame: 10/1/03-9/30/08
10/1/03-9/30/08

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Frederick L Altice, MD, Yale University School of Medicine/AIDS Program

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 13, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 22, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

February 25, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 24, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 23, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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