Effect Of Case Management Following Discharge From Methadone Treatment

NCT ID: NCT00018226

Last Updated: 2009-01-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1998-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2001-03-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this project is to assess whether enhanced outreach counseling (EOC) is an effective outreach strategy for discharged methadone maintenance patients compared to a standard referral procedure. EOC is a brief (30 minute) face-to-face intervention, followed by six weeks of ongoing telephone counseling/case management designed to help eligible out-of-treatment methadone patients re-enter treatment. Several studies have shown those patients who voluntarily re-enter treatment improve significantly following re-enrollment.

Conditions

Opioid-Related Disorders

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

Case Management

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who have been discharged from methadone maintenance treatment at the PVAMC who consented (as active patients) to be contacted for follow-up upon discharge.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

US Department of Veterans Affairs

FED

Sponsor Role: lead

Locations

Drug Dependent Treatment Unit

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

ADRD-022-97S

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id