NCT01144390

Effect Study of Optimized Intervention to Heroin Addicts

Barriers and Effect of Optimizing Intervention Protocols for Heroin Dependence in Community-based Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT): a Cohort Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore barriers and determine whether optimizing protocol is effective in the treatment of heroin dependence in community-based MMT clinics.

Detailed description

Drug dependence is one of the most serious public health problems worldwide. In China, among more than 100, 0000 registered drug addicts mostly are heroin dependence. Drug dependence post great risks to physical condition, their family and society, and can lead to infectious disease transmission. Though almost 500 MMT clinics which can offer MMT service to heroin addicts have been set up, there are still some problems, for example, poor compliance, high rate of dropping out and relapse which affect the service delivery to them. The guideline developed by WHO focused on psychotherapy to opiate addicts with MMT. So delivery of a set of comprehensive, integrated psychotherapy to opiate addicts is very critical in such methadone clinics.

Conditions

• Heroin Dependence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	cognitive behavioral therapy	cognitive behavioral therapy, one session per week and psycho-education lecture in group once per month
DRUG	methadone maintenance treatment	methadone maintenance treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2010-06-15
• Last updated: 2011-03-11

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: China