Clinical Rescue Protocol - 2

Summary

The purpose of this study is to detect increasing medication dose results in heroin cessation for patients still using, to determine if decreasing medication dose in patients unable to tolerate medication dose increases retention, and to determine if blood levels of methadone or buprenorphine correlate with clinical response.

Timeline

Start

1991-04

Primary completion

2005-08

Completion

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Publications

• Background Ling W, Shoptaw S, Wesson D, Rawson RA, Compton M, Klett CJ. Treatment effectiveness score as an outcome measure in clinical trials. NIDA Res Monogr. 1997;175:208-20. No abstract available.

Drugs

Indications