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Feasibility Study of Take-Home LAAM Medication - 3
This study has been completed.
Sponsored by: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Information provided by: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000300
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to test therapeutic benefits of take-home LAAM. (1) Do subjects with take-home LAAM availability show increased clinical responsibility over subjects without; (2) Do subjects with take-home LAAM attempt diversion when random recall and other diversion safeguards are used; (3) Does treatment response correlate with background or drug use variables at intake, discharge, or during treatment?


Condition Intervention Phase
Opioid-Related Disorders
Drug: LAAM
Phase IV

U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized
Official Title: Feasibility Study of Take-Home LAAM Medication

Further study details as provided by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Drug use
  • Retention
  • Increased prosocial behaviors
  • Decreased frequency of HIV related behavior

Estimated Enrollment: 0
Study Start Date: March 1995
Detailed Description:

1-Year study, participant will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: One will have the opportunity to earn take-home doses by turning in a designated number of clean urines. Two will not have the opportunity to earn take-home doses. Clinic visits three times per week. Urine sample given at each visit.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

meets DSM-IV criteria for opiate dependence. M/F, 18 years or older. Certified for LAAm treatment by a physician. Able to understand english. Willing to provide names, addresses, and numbers of 3 relatives who can aid in patient location for follow-up visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

Hypertensive to LAAM. Pregnant or nursing women. Female of childbearing potential who refuses to use an acceptable form of birth control. Clinically significant abnormality in hematology, blood work, or UA, ETOH and/or sedative/hypnotic dependence according to DSM-IV criteria. Medical or psychiatric illness which would jeopardize safe study participation.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000300

Locations
United States, California
Friends Research Institute
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90025
Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Walter Ling, M.D. Friends Research Institute, Inc.
  More Information

Study ID Numbers: NIDA-09260-3, P50-09260-3
Study First Received: September 20, 1999
Last Updated: November 3, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000300  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Mental Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Disorders of Environmental Origin
Opioid-Related Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 13, 2009