NCT04505540

Start Treatment and Recovery for Opioid Use Disorder

Effectiveness of Bridge Clinic Following Emergency Department-Initiated Intervention for Opioid Use Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 104 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Vermont · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is 1) to evaluate whether emergency department-initiated medically assisted treatment with Buprenorphine/Naloxone in patients presenting with opioid use disorder will produce positive outcomes at 1 week, 3 months and 6 months after treatment initiation.

Detailed description

The emergency department is a critical missed opportunity to engage patients with opioid use disorder in medication-assisted treatment, the most effective current treatment for the disorder. Patients presenting at the emergency department with opioid use disorder will be given the opportunity to immediately start medication assisted treatment with Naloxone/Buprenorphine then referred either to a specialized addiction bridge clinic or a local waivered provider for further treatment.

Conditions

• Opioid-use Disorder
• Mental Disorder
• Opioid Medication Assisted Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Bridge Clinic	Specialized addiction bridge clinic

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-30
• Primary completion: 2022-10-31
• Completion: 2022-10-31
• First posted: 2020-08-10
• Last updated: 2023-12-11
• Results posted: 2023-12-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States