NCT02698098

Comparative Evaluation of PUSPENs and C&Cs

Comparing Health & Social Outcomes Between Opioid-Dependent Individuals in Compulsory Drug Rehabilitation Centers and Voluntary Drug Treatment Clinics in Klang Valley, Malaysia

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 281 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Malaya · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This observational study compares the health and social outcomes between opioid-dependent individuals who are either recently released from a compulsory drug detention center (CDDC) or recently discharged from a voluntary treatment center (VTC) providing methadone maintenance therapy, in Malaysia.

Detailed description

In July 2010, the National Anti-Drug Agency of Malaysia (NADA) introduced a non-punitive system of treatment and care for people who use drugs, voluntary treatment centers (VTCs), called 'Cure \& Care' clinics, offering free methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) to opioid-dependent drug users. These centers were opened alongside existing compulsory drug detention centers (CDDCs), where people who use drugs continue to be detained involuntarily without access to evidence-based treatment. Given that both of these programs are operated by NADA but espouse vastly different responses to drug use, we compared health and social outcomes between opioid-dependent individuals recently released from CDDCs and recently initiated into MMT in the new VTCs.

Conditions

• Opioid-Related Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Methadone

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2016-03-03
• Last updated: 2016-03-03