PCORnet Opioid Surveillance Study
Opioid UseOpioid AbuseThe overarching objective of this project is to demonstrate and assess the feasibility of using the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Network (PCORnet) Common Data Model for opioid surveillance to complement existing and support future initiatives. This project will characterize risk factors, processes, and outcomes related to opioid use, misuse, and abuse. It will quantify the utility of data stored in the PCORnet Common Data Model format stewarded by healthcare organizations participating in PCORnet.
Effects of Environmental Factors on Opiate Drug Choice in Opioid Dependent Individuals.
Heroin DependenceOpioid-Related DisordersThe purpose is to study how certain factors, including money, the amount of drug available and the amount of work effort, affect opiate drug choice.
Hepatitis C Among Opioid Addicts in Opioid Maintenance Treatment in Zurich, Switzerland
Hepatitis CChronic2 moreHepatitis C viral infection is common among opioid addicts in Zurich, Switzerland. The majority undergoes a maintenance treatment with methadone, heroin or buprenorphine. While stabilized by an opioid maintenance treatment (OMT)chronic hepatitis C can be treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin. As not sufficiently known, the results are comparable to the results of the treatment of nonaddicts. Our crossectional study investigates how many patients undergoing OMT are adequately investigated concerning hepatitis C. If not, why are they not adequately investigated and treated? Representative data are collected in the local clinics and medical practices involved in OMT in the Kanton of Zurich. The patients files are revised and the involved doctors are asked through a structured interview.
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) for Methadone Patients
Opioid-Related DisordersThis study is designed to test whether a telephone call-in program is a feasible way to collect mood and drug-related information in individuals enrolled in a methadone maintenance program.
User Acceptability of a Device-Based Opioid Overdose Intervention
Opioid OverdoseOpioid-use Disorder1 moreThis pilot study evaluates the needs of opioid users for a device-based intervention for opioid overdoses. The results of this one-time short questionnaire will inform development of a novel naloxone delivery device.
HIV, Buprenorphine, and the Criminal Justice System (STRIDE2)
Human Immunodeficiency VirusAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome2 moreSTRIDE2 is a longitudinal, non-randomized study of individuals living with HIV who are dependent on opioids. This study is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA030768, Altice, PI; Taxman & Lawson, Co-PIs) and is being conducted by George Mason University, Yale University, and Howard University.
ALK21-025: Vivitrol's Cost and Treatment Outcomes Registry
Opioid DependenceThe objective of the VIVITROL Registry is to gather real world data on opioid dependence and to provide understanding of the health economics of opioid dependence.
Validation of PRISM-5-Op, Measure Of Addiction To Prescription Opioid Medication
Opioid-Related DisordersOpiate Addiction2 moreThe purpose is to validate the PRISM-5-Op as a measurement of prescription opioid substance use disorder.
The Prevalence of HIV Drug Resistance and Transmission Risk in Opioid Agonist Treatment
HIV PositiveOpioid Dependence2 moreHIV drug resistance presents a significant public heath problem. This proposal is designed to explore the association between ongoing illicit drug use and the prevalence of HIV drug resistance among HIV+ opioid dependent patients receiving opioid agonist treatment with the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: The prevalence of HIV drug resistance will range between 10% and 30%. Hypothesis 2: Patients with evidence of ongoing illicit drug use will be more likely to have HIV drug resistance.
Examination of Cognitive Function in Patients Treated With Subutex
Opiate AddictionPeople who addicted to Heroin and other opiates suffer from a disease with approved genetic basis. It causes to a behavioral response as searching and using those drugs even though they know it causes severe damages as physiological, familiar and legal affairs. The popular treatment's goal is to "clean" the people from any drug. In a medical and pharmacological point of view there is no sense in this approach for all people. This point of view believes that Buprenorphine (Subutex) is a correct pharmacological treatment. The hypothesis of this research is that people using Buprenorphine have difficulties in gaining weight, in sexual and cognitive function (according to subjects' reports)