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Methadone Maintenance for Prisoners

NCT00378079 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 211

Last updated 2014-04-03

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Summary

This five-year study examines the benefits of methadone maintenance treatment initiated in prison and continued in the community to male offenders who were previously, but not currently, heroin-dependent. It is anticipated that such prisoners will have more favorable outcomes in the year following release with regard to drug abuse, crime, and HIV risk behavior than either prisoners who receive counseling only or begin initiation of methadone maintenance in the community

Conditions

  • Heroin Addiction

Interventions

OTHER

Counseling Only

Counseling only in prison, with passive referral to drug abuse treatment upon release

DRUG

Counseling + Transfer

Counseling only in prison, with opportunity to enter methadone maintenance upon release

DRUG

Counseling + Methadone

Counseling and methadone maintenance in prison, with opportunity to continue that treatment upon release

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Friends Research Institute, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Timothy W Kinlock, Ph.D. · Friends Research Institute, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-09-30
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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