Opioid Use DisorderNCT03566459
Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD) Via Telemedicine
An observational study of Opioid Use Disorder, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) decreases mortality and improves treatment follow-up. However, outside of large and/or urban VA medical centers, there are shortages of providers with experience treating OUD and a license to prescribe buprenorphine. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- Opioid Use Disorder
- What is being tested?
- CBOC offering Tele-MOUD to Veterans and CBOC not offering Tele-MOUD to Veterans
- How many people
- 12 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2018to 31 Mar 2019
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Study population: Veterans with OUD
Who may be able to join
- Veterans with OUD
Who cannot join
- n/a
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
VA Maine Healthcare System
Augusta, Maine, 04330
VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT
West Haven, Connecticut, 06516
About this study
Official title: Making Medication Assisted Treatment Available to Veterans With Opioid Use Disorders at CBOCs Using Telemedicine (PII 18-178)
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) decreases mortality and improves treatment follow-up. However, outside of large and/or urban VA medical centers, there are shortages of providers with experience treating OUD and a license to prescribe buprenorphine. This has resulted in decreased access to MAT (buprenorphine/naloxone and injectable naltrexone) at rural CBOCs and increased overdose rates in rural areas. Some individual prescribers have used clinical video teleconferencing (CVT) to overcome geographic barriers and prescribe MAT to Veterans in CBOCs. However, while locally effective, these arrangements are not standardized and are not parts of larger VISN-wide or national VHA strategies.
This proposal describes an effective program that the investigators propose to replicate and expand. The program involves increasing prescribing rates of MAT for OUD in CBOCs using telemedicine. The investigators propose to (A) develop materials and procedures for the dissemination of telemedicine delivery of MAT to Veterans at CBOCs and (B) implement telemedicine prescribing of MAT at rural CBOCs in Northern Maine that lack on-site MAT providers. MAT will be prescribed by the VISN 1 Telemental Health Hub, which already provides medication management, psychotherapy, and some MAT to sites in Northern Maine.
In later years, the program will be expanded to other VISN 1 CBOCs, and to other TMH Regional Hubs that provide services to wide catchment areas in other VISNs. By building on an existing infrastructure connecting these TMH Regional Hubs to CBOCs and collaborating with other national initiatives (e.g. SCAN ECHO, PDSI, and academic detailing), telemedicine MAT will be rapidly disseminated to Veterans at CBOCs who are at high risk for illness, overdose, and premature death from opioids.
Read the detailed description
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) decreases mortality and improves treatment follow-up. However, outside of large and/or urban VA medical centers, there are shortages of providers with experience treating OUD and a license to prescribe buprenorphine. This has resulted in decreased access to MAT (buprenorphine/naloxone and injectable naltrexone) at rural CBOCs and increased overdose rates in rural areas. Some individual prescribers have used clinical video teleconferencing (CVT) to overcome geographic barriers and prescribe MAT to Veterans in CBOCs. However, while locally effective, these arrangements are not standardized and are not parts of larger VISN-wide or national VHA strategies.
This proposal describes an effective program that the investigators propose to replicate and expand. The program involves increasing prescribing rates of MAT for OUD in CBOCs using telemedicine. The investigators propose to (A) develop materials and procedures for the dissemination of telemedicine delivery of MAT to Veterans at CBOCs and (B) implement telemedicine prescribing of MAT at rural CBOCs in Northern Maine that lack on-site MAT providers. MAT will be prescribed by the VISN 1 Telemental Health Hub, which already provides medication management, psychotherapy, and some MAT to sites in Northern Maine.
In later years, the program will be expanded to other VISN 1 CBOCs, and to other TMH Regional Hubs that provide services to wide catchment areas in other VISNs. By building on an existing infrastructure connecting these TMH Regional Hubs to CBOCs and collaborating with other national initiatives (e.g. SCAN ECHO, PDSI, and academic detailing), telemedicine MAT will be rapidly disseminated to Veterans at CBOCs who are at high risk for illness, overdose, and premature death from opioids.
The "Replicating Existing Programs with Blended (External and Internal) Facilitation" approach will be the study's implementation strategy. Existing programs of telemedicine MAT---including those by VA Maine and VISN 1 TMH Regional Hub prescribers---will be replicated. External Facilitation, an approach that has been effective in increasing intervention uptake in controlled trials, will be provided to rural CBOCs in Northern Maine by expert study investigators. Internal Facilitation will be provided by VA Maine primary care and pharmacy staff, who are already supporting programs in opioid prescribing safety in the VA Maine Healthcare System. Supporting this project are consultants and collaborators with expertise in implementation science, program evaluation, pain treatment, academic detailing, and telemedicine MAT. Data collected during implementation will inform program expansion. The primary measure of program outcomes will be the SAIL SUD16 measure of MAT use for Veterans with OUD.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder
- Being tested
- CBOC offering Tele-MOUD to Veterans, CBOC not offering Tele-MOUD to Veterans
- Keywords
- Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Telemedicine, Veteran
- Medical subject headings
- Opioid-Related Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
CBOC offering Tele-MOUD to VeteransOther
CBOC offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) using telemedicine
CBOC not offering Tele-MOUD to VeteransOther
CBOC not offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) using telemedicine
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) | Veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) in VA Maine Healthcare System catchment area Receives: Other: CBOC offering Tele-MOUD to Veterans; Other: CBOC not offering Tele-MOUD to Veterans |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Population potentially able to benefit from telemedicine MAT
Review Veterans with OUD at CBOC and compare those referred to telemedicine MAT to those not referred.
Note that OUD diagnosis may increase over time with better OUD detection
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
AUDIT-C
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test is a ten-question test developed by a World Health Organization-sponsored collaborative project to determine if a person may be at risk for alcohol abuse problems.
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Cost of Telemedicine MAT
cost of time provider and other staff spent in service delivery preparing for and interacting with patients (prompted by CPT-coded encounters). Costs are calculated by multiplying time by personnel costs.
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Cost of Training and Implementation
cost of time spent by External and Internal facilitators on training/implementation. Time-spent will be assessed by weekly questions about a list of possible training activities.
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Veterans' subjective experience of telemedicine MAT
Interviews with treated Veterans covering the following topics (9): how came to program, other options considered; experience of intake, of induction onto MAT, of maintenance tele-prescribing visits, of other addiction treatment; good things/not-so-good things about treatment, recommended improvements, how compares to in-person treatment.
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Providers' experience of implementing MAT
Key informant interviews after implementation with hub and spoke providers, as described earlier.
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Negative toxicology tests
% toxicology tests that are negative for illicit opioids
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Number of CBOCs participating in telemedicine MAT
Number of CBOCs utilizing telemedicine MAT
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Brief Addiction Monitor-Revised (BAM-R)
Brief Addiction Monitor-Revised (BAM-R) upon intake and two months later.
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Number of providers participating in telemedicine MAT
Number at hubs and proportions tele-prescribing MAT; number at spokes seeing Veterans as part of their MAT treatment.
Measured: through study completion, up to 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Jun 2018
- Study start1 Apr 2018
- Primary completion31 Mar 2019
- Study completion31 Mar 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Opioid Use DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by VA Office of Research and DevelopmentThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 12 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Sponsor type
- US federal agency
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Marc I. Rosen, MD, Principal investigator, VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03566459
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PIX 18-001
- Other IDs
- PII 18-178
- Status last verified
- Mar 2020
- First submitted
- 10 Apr 2018
- Last updated
- 24 Mar 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Brunet N, Moore DT, Lendvai Wischik D, Mattocks KM, Rosen MI. Increasing buprenorphine access for veterans with opioid use disorder in rural clinics using telemedicine. Subst Abus. 2022;43(1):39-46. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2020.1728466. Epub 2020 Feb 20.
PubMed 32078492
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Mar 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Making Medication Assisted Treatment Available to Veterans With Opioid Use Disorders at CBOCs Using Telemedicine (PII 18-178)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03566459
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PIX 18-001
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder
- Keywords
- Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Telemedicine, Veteran
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 12 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and DevelopmentUS federal agency
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Mar 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Mar 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Jun 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) decreases mortality and improves treatment follow-up. However, outside of large and/or urban VA medical centers, there are shortages of providers with experience treating OUD and a license to prescribe buprenorphine. This has resulted in decreased access to MAT (buprenorphine/naloxone and injectable naltrexone) at rural CBOCs and increased overdose rates in rural areas. Some individual prescribers have used clinical video teleconferencing (CVT) to overcome geographic barriers and prescribe MAT to Veterans in CBOCs. However, while locally effective, these arrangements are not standardized and are not parts of larger VISN-wide or national VHA strategies.
This proposal describes an effective program that the investigators propose to replicate and expand. The program involves increasing prescribing rates of MAT for OUD in CBOCs using telemedicine. The investigators propose to (A) develop materials and procedures for the dissemination of telemedicine delivery of MAT to Veterans at CBOCs and (B) implement telemedicine prescribing of MAT at rural CBOCs in Northern Maine that lack on-site MAT providers. MAT will be prescribed by the VISN 1 Telemental Health Hub, which already provides medication management, psychotherapy, and some MAT to sites in Northern Maine.
In later years, the program will be expanded to other VISN 1 CBOCs, and to other TMH Regional Hubs that provide services to wide catchment areas in other VISNs. By building on an existing infrastructure connecting these TMH Regional Hubs to CBOCs and collaborating with other national initiatives (e.g. SCAN ECHO, PDSI, and academic detailing), telemedicine MAT will be rapidly disseminated to Veterans at CBOCs who are at high risk for illness, overdose, and premature death from opioids.
Detailed description
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) decreases mortality and improves treatment follow-up. However, outside of large and/or urban VA medical centers, there are shortages of providers with experience treating OUD and a license to prescribe buprenorphine. This has resulted in decreased access to MAT (buprenorphine/naloxone and injectable naltrexone) at rural CBOCs and increased overdose rates in rural areas. Some individual prescribers have used clinical video teleconferencing (CVT) to overcome geographic barriers and prescribe MAT to Veterans in CBOCs. However, while locally effective, these arrangements are not standardized and are not parts of larger VISN-wide or national VHA strategies.
This proposal describes an effective program that the investigators propose to replicate and expand. The program involves increasing prescribing rates of MAT for OUD in CBOCs using telemedicine. The investigators propose to (A) develop materials and procedures for the dissemination of telemedicine delivery of MAT to Veterans at CBOCs and (B) implement telemedicine prescribing of MAT at rural CBOCs in Northern Maine that lack on-site MAT providers. MAT will be prescribed by the VISN 1 Telemental Health Hub, which already provides medication management, psychotherapy, and some MAT to sites in Northern Maine.
In later years, the program will be expanded to other VISN 1 CBOCs, and to other TMH Regional Hubs that provide services to wide catchment areas in other VISNs. By building on an existing infrastructure connecting these TMH Regional Hubs to CBOCs and collaborating with other national initiatives (e.g. SCAN ECHO, PDSI, and academic detailing), telemedicine MAT will be rapidly disseminated to Veterans at CBOCs who are at high risk for illness, overdose, and premature death from opioids.
The "Replicating Existing Programs with Blended (External and Internal) Facilitation" approach will be the study's implementation strategy. Existing programs of telemedicine MAT---including those by VA Maine and VISN 1 TMH Regional Hub prescribers---will be replicated. External Facilitation, an approach that has been effective in increasing intervention uptake in controlled trials, will be provided to rural CBOCs in Northern Maine by expert study investigators. Internal Facilitation will be provided by VA Maine primary care and pharmacy staff, who are already supporting programs in opioid prescribing safety in the VA Maine Healthcare System. Supporting this project are consultants and collaborators with expertise in implementation science, program evaluation, pain treatment, academic detailing, and telemedicine MAT. Data collected during implementation will inform program expansion. The primary measure of program outcomes will be the SAIL SUD16 measure of MAT use for Veterans with OUD.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) | – | Other: CBOC offering Tele-MOUD to Veterans, Other: CBOC not offering Tele-MOUD to VeteransVeterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) in VA Maine Healthcare System catchment area |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Veterans with OUD
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Veterans with OUD
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- n/a
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| CBOC offering Tele-MOUD to VeteransCBOC offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) using telemedicine | Other | Veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) |
| CBOC not offering Tele-MOUD to VeteransCBOC not offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) using telemedicine | Other | Veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) |
Primary outcome
Population potentially able to benefit from telemedicine MAT
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
Review Veterans with OUD at CBOC and compare those referred to telemedicine MAT to those not referred. Note that OUD diagnosis may increase over time with better OUD detection
AUDIT-C
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test is a ten-question test developed by a World Health Organization-sponsored collaborative project to determine if a person may be at risk for alcohol abuse problems.
Cost of Telemedicine MAT
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
cost of time provider and other staff spent in service delivery preparing for and interacting with patients (prompted by CPT-coded encounters). Costs are calculated by multiplying time by personnel costs.
Cost of Training and Implementation
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
cost of time spent by External and Internal facilitators on training/implementation. Time-spent will be assessed by weekly questions about a list of possible training activities.
Veterans' subjective experience of telemedicine MAT
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
Interviews with treated Veterans covering the following topics (9): how came to program, other options considered; experience of intake, of induction onto MAT, of maintenance tele-prescribing visits, of other addiction treatment; good things/not-so-good things about treatment, recommended improvements, how compares to in-person treatment.
Providers' experience of implementing MAT
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
Key informant interviews after implementation with hub and spoke providers, as described earlier.
Negative toxicology tests
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
% toxicology tests that are negative for illicit opioids
Number of CBOCs participating in telemedicine MAT
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
Number of CBOCs utilizing telemedicine MAT
Brief Addiction Monitor-Revised (BAM-R)
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
Brief Addiction Monitor-Revised (BAM-R) upon intake and two months later.
Number of providers participating in telemedicine MAT
Time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year
Number at hubs and proportions tele-prescribing MAT; number at spokes seeing Veterans as part of their MAT treatment.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Mar 2020.
- Results publication: PubMed 32078492Brunet N, Moore DT, Lendvai Wischik D, Mattocks KM, Rosen MI. Increasing buprenorphine access for veterans with opioid use disorder in rural clinics using telemedicine. Subst Abus. 2022;43(1):39-46. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2020.1728466. Epub 2020 Feb 20.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Marc I. Rosen, MD principal investigator
VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Opioid Use Disorder, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 2 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Mar 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Population potentially able to benefit from telemedicine MAT (time frame: through study completion, up to 1 year). The study lists 10 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03566459, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Mar 2020; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.