Buprenorphine Group Medical Visits in Primary Care

Summary

The primary goal of this research is to improve the effectiveness of buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) within primary care. Investigators propose that providing BMT as part of a group medical visit (instead of an individual visit) will improve treatment outcomes for patients with persistent opioid abuse, because members become accountable to the group, are exposed to beneficial habits of others (i.e. positive deviance), and can receive efficacious behavioral interventions concomitantly with medical management

Timeline

Start

2017-01-01

Primary completion

2019-05

Completion

2019-05

Drugs

Indications