NCT00574067

Buprenorphine for Prisoners

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 213 (actual)
• Sponsor: Friends Research Institute, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This five-year study examines the effectiveness of buprenorphine treatment provided to previously-addicted inmates(N=320; 160 males, 160 females) initiated in prison and continued in the community. The study also examines the extent to which the setting of post-release buprenorphine is provided.It is expected that participants receiving in-prison buprenorphine will have superior outcomes compared to participants who did not receive in-prison buprenorphine.

Detailed description

Participants will be randomly assigned, within gender, to one of four treatment conditions: 1) buprenorphine and counseling in prison, with referral for continued treatment at an OTP upon release; 2) buprenorphine and counseling in prison, with referral for continued treatment at a CHC upon release; 3) counseling only in prison, with referral for buprenorphine and counseling at a OTP upon release; and 4) counseling only in prison, with referral for buprenorphine and counseling at a CHC upon release. Participants will be assessed at study entry and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months following their release from prison. Outcome measures include: treatment entry and retention in the community, heroin use, cocaine use, HIV infection, HIV-risk behaviors, criminal activity, and employment.

Conditions

• Heroin Addiction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Buprenorphine +OTP	Buprenorphine thrice weekly and counseling for four months while in pre-release prison, with referral for continued treatment at an opioid agonist treatment (OTP) program upon release. Such treatment lasts for 1 year in the community. Buprenorphine dosage, following an induction period,is 32 mg Mondays and Wednesdays and 48 mg Fridays
DRUG	Buprenorphine +CHC	Buprenorphine thrice weekly and counseling provided in pre-release prison for 4 months, with referral for continued treatment for 1 year in the community at a community health center (CHC). Following an induction period, buprenorphine dosing will be 32 mg on Mondays and Wednesdays and 48 mg on Fridays.
DRUG	Counseling +OTP	Counseling only for 4 months in pre-release prison, with referral upon release for buprenorphine treatment and counseling at an opioid agonist treatment program to last for 1 year. Following an induction period, buprenorphine dosing will be thrice weekly, with 32 mg on Mondays and Wednesdays and 48 mg on Fridays.
DRUG	Counseling +CHC	Counseling only for 4 months in pre-release prison, with referral upon release for buprenorphine treatment and counseling at a community health center to last for 1 year. Following an induction period, buprenorphine dosing will be thrice weekly, with 32 mg on Mondays and Wednesdays and 48 mg on Fridays.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2007-12-14
• Last updated: 2018-08-29
• Results posted: 2016-04-11

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States