A Randomized Trial of Interim Methadone and Patient Navigation Initiated in Jail

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine which of three approaches started in jail is more effective in treating opioid use disorder: (1) methadone treatment without counseling (termed interim methadone) coupled with case management (termed patient navigation); (2) interim methadone without patient navigation; (3) or an enhanced treatment as usual including opioid detoxification, overdose prevention and drug treatment information and referral.

Timeline

Start

2014-12-15

Primary completion

2019-03-08

Completion

2020-05

Publications

• Mitchell MM, Kelly SM, O'Grady KE, Jaffe JH, Mitchell SG, Schwartz RP. HIV-Risk Behavior Among Adults with Opioid Use Disorder During 12 Months Following Pre-trial Detention: Results from a Randomized Trial of Methadone Treatment. AIDS Behav. 2021 Apr;25(4):1247-1256. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03090-y. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
• Schwartz RP, Kelly SM, Mitchell SG, O'Grady KE, Duren T, Sharma A, Gryczynski J, Jaffe JH. Randomized trial of methadone treatment of arrestees: 24-month post-release outcomes. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Jan 1;218:108392. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108392. Epub 2020 Nov 2.
• Mitchell MM, Gryczynski J, Mitchell SG, Kelly SM, O'Grady KE, Monico LB, Schwartz RP. A Latent Class Analysis of HIV Risk Factors Among Men and Women with Opioid Use Disorder in Pre-trial Detention. AIDS Behav. 2020 Jun;24(6):1776-1783. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02726-y.
• Schwartz RP, Kelly SM, Mitchell SG, Dunlap L, Zarkin GA, Sharma A, O'Grady KE, Jaffe JH. Interim methadone and patient navigation in jail: Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 Jul;49:21-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.06.002. Epub 2016 Jun 7.

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