Multicentre Trial of Suboxone in Opiate-dependent Subjects in Taiwan

NCT ID: NCT00901875

Last Updated: 2012-11-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

127 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-03-31

Study Completion Date

2010-01-31

Brief Summary

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To determine whether Suboxone can be effectively used to treat Taiwanese ethnic subjects with opiate dependence.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Opiate Dependence

Keywords

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Buprenorphine Naloxone Suboxone

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Suboxone, maximum 8mg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Intervention Type DRUG

Sublingual tablets

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Intervention Type DRUG

Buprenorphine + naloxone

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Intervention Type DRUG

Sublingual tablets

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Intervention Type DRUG

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Intervention Type DRUG

Sublingual tablets

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Sublingual tablets

Intervention Type DRUG

Buprenorphine + naloxone (Suboxone)

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Suboxone Suboxone

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female subjects, 20 years of age or older at screening visit.
* Subjects must meet DSM-IV/COWS1,2 criteria for opiate dependence. (COWS total score ≥5)
* Subjects must have a positive urine drug screen (dipstick test) for an opiate or morphine at study entry
* Subject is seeking treatment with the desire to discontinue opiate use as an initial goal but willing to consider and accept longer treatment if necessary.
* Subject is in good physical health or, if he/she has a medical condition needing ongoing treatment, must be in the care of a physician who is willing to take responsibility for such treatment and work with the study physician. Study physicians able to manage the subject for his/her general medical condition, may be assigned this role. These same conditions apply in case of subjects with psychiatric disorder(s) needing ongoing treatment.
* Subject is agreeable to and capable of signing informed consent form.
* Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to use a double barrier method or condoms/diaphragm and spermicide contraceptive method during the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Women who are pregnant, lactating or breast feeding.
* Subjects have any acute medical condition that would make participation, in the opinion of the treating physician or the principal investigator, medically hazardous (e.g., acute hepatitis, unstable cardiovascular, liver or renal disease).
* Subjects have clinically significant liver disease.
* Subjects who have demonstrated a previous hypersensitivity to buprenorphine or naloxone.
* Subjects who are considered an immediate risk for suicide, are acutely psychotic, severely depressed, or in need of inpatient treatment.
* Subjects who are dependent on alcohol, benzodiazepines or other drugs of abuse (except tobacco) to the point of requiring immediate medical attention.
* Subjects received methadone treatment within the last 30 days since screening visit.
* Subjects have any pending legal action that could prohibit continued participation.
* Subjects have participated in other clinical studies within the past 30 days.
* Subjects who are expecting to leave the clinic geographic area prior to study completion.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taiwan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Indivior Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Shih-Ku Lin, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

Locations

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Jianan Mental Hospital

Rende, Tainan County, Taiwan

Site Status

Taoyuan Mental Hospital

Taoyuan, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Site Status

Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch

Guishan, , Taiwan

Site Status

Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch

Keelung, , Taiwan

Site Status

China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, , Taiwan

Site Status

Taipei City Hospital - Song De Branch

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

BALI Psychiatric Center

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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BU0808

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id