Clinical trials: Prescription Drug Dependence
Drug Overdose, Opioid-Related Disorders
A Tailored, Peer-delivered Intervention to Reduce Recurring Opioid Overdoses
This project will further develop and test the Tailored Telephone Intervention delivered by Peers to Prevent Recurring Opioid Overdoses (TTIP-PRO), a promising, low-cost, intervention to facilitate entry into medication assisted…
- Conditions
- Drug Overdose, Opioid-Related Disorders, Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse
- Trial name
- TTIP-PRO (NCT02922959)
- Testing
- Peer Intervention, naloxone nasal spray kit, Personally-tailored opioid overdose prevention education (information packet)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Opioid-use Disorder, Opioid Dependence
Young Houston Emergency Opioid Engagement System
The Houston Emergency Response Opioid Engagement System for Youths and Adolescents (Young HEROES) is a community-based research program integrating assertive outreach, medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), behavioral…
- Conditions
- Opioid-use Disorder, Opioid Dependence, Opioid Overdose, Opioid Use
- Trial name
- YHEROES (NCT04811014)
- Testing
- Buprenorphine, Naloxone Drug Combination, Individual Counseling, Peer Recovery Support Services
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Marijuana Dependence
The Effect of Marijuana and Prescription Medications in Mood, Performance and Sleep
Heavy marijuana users report experiencing trouble sleeping when they try to quit, but this has not been carefully studied. This research is being done to learn more about sleep function in heavy marijuana users, and to determine…
- Trial name
- NCT00893269
- Testing
- eszopiclone, ramelteon, zolpidem
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Opioid-Related Disorders, Drug Overdose
Prescribe to Save Lives
The U.S. is in the midst of an epidemic of opioid overdose deaths. The common use of opioids among persons living with HIV, along with their common use of benzodiazepines, has resulted in high rates of opioid overdose among this…
- Trial name
- PTSL (NCT03175640)
- Testing
- Implementation intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 294 people
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
Opioid Dependence
Prescription Opioid Abuse Among Pain Patients: Predictors of Relapse
In this study, we will assess opioid self-administration in a laboratory setting in persons with pain who have a history of opioid abuse.
- Trial name
- PAIN (NCT01967641)
- Testing
- buprenorphine/naloxone combination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
PTSD, Psychiatric Illness
Killing Pain - Use of Analgesic, Sedative and Anxiolytic Medication and the Development of Psychiatric Illness in Adolescents
Prescription of analgesic, sedative, and anxiolytic medication for children and adolescents is increasing in Western countries. In recent decades, rates have also increased in Norway, despite a relatively restrictive prescription…
- Conditions
- PTSD, Psychiatric Illness, Prescription Drug Dependence, Addiction
- Trial name
- NCT04336605
- Testing
- Age & Development, Socioeconomy, Traumatic Events
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 25,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
Overdose, Opioid-related Disorders
Phone Interview to Prevent Recurring Opioid Overdoses
There has been a dramatic rise in opioid overdose (OOD) deaths in recent years. Attempts to ameliorate the problem have largely focused on increasing the accessibility of naloxone, an opioid antagonist that is effective in OOD…
- Conditions
- Overdose, Opioid-related Disorders, Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse
- Trial name
- TTIP-PRO (NCT02282306)
- Testing
- TTIP-PRO
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Opiate Substitution Treatment
Buprenorphine and Substance Abuse Services for Prescription Opioid Dependence
This is a randomized trial of two group-based models of care for buprenorphine/naloxone (bup/nx) patients in Substance Use (SU) specialty treatment: Standard Medical Management (SMM) and Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOT).
- Trial name
- NCT02496403
- Testing
- Standard Medical Management (SMM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 239 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Opioid-use Disorder, IV Drug Usage
AWAITS: A Web-based E-health Application for Active Illicit Opioid Users
The purpose of this research study is to: 1. assess how participants like the AWAITS e-health application as measured by their feedback on the intervention 2.
- Conditions
- Opioid-use Disorder, IV Drug Usage, Overdose, Drug Addiction
- Trial name
- AWAITS (NCT03402672)
- Testing
- self-administered, e-health application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Opioid Abuse, Unspecified, Opioid Dependence
Reducing the Abuse of Opioids in Drug Users
The consequences of prescription opioid abuse are serious and the number of deaths from unintended overdose have quadrupled over the last 15+ years.
- Trial name
- NCT03837860
- Testing
- Oxycodone/Risperidone, Oxycodone/Ziprasidone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Opioid Use, Unspecified, Prescription Drug Abuse (Not Dependent)
An Opioid Prescribing Nudge
Analyze baseline concurrent opioid prescribing metrics at the individual prescriber level in the Duke Health System on the identified three main outcome measures.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Unspecified, Prescription Drug Abuse (Not Dependent), Prescription Drug Abuse and Dependency, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- OHS (NCT04069403)
- Testing
- Automated Reports on prescription patterns for their patients
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 427 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Narcolepsy
Observational Study to Evaluate Risks of Side Effects, Drug Abuse and Dependence in Patients Who Received Xyrem ® on Prescription
Patients will be followed up for max 18 months. Information on the Adverse Events and potential misuse or abuse of Xyrem ® will be collected.
- Trial name
- NCT00244465
- Where
- 41 sites in Austria, Belgium and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- UCB Pharma
Opioid Dependence, Overdose
Effects on Mortality and Clinical Course of a Patient's Choice Model for Opioid Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Dependence - Evaluation of a System Enabling a Large Expansion of Treatment Providers and Treatment Access
Opioid dependence, for example involving addiction to injected or inhaled heroin or similar compounds, is associated with high mortality, typically from opioid overdose, and causes major physical and mental health complications…
- Trial name
- NCT05678036
- Testing
- Opioid maintenance treatment
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
Abuses Over-The-Counter/Prescription Medications, Pain, Postoperative
Expectations and Pain Control Advancement In surgeRy: The REPAIR Trial
This is a randomized control trial that aims to evaluate whether patient-centered education, compared to routine education, decreases narcotic consumption without interfering with return to physical activity following hospital…
- Conditions
- Abuses Over-The-Counter/Prescription Medications, Pain, Postoperative, Opioid Use, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- REPAIR (NCT03726476)
- Testing
- Patient centered pre-op education, routine preop education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 174 people
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Prescription Opiate/Medication Dependence
CURE Addiction Center of Excellence: Brain Mechanisms of Relapse and Recovery
The proposed project will use fMRI and specific probes of reward and inhibition as biomarkers predicting drug use during and after treatment in 72 subjects addicted to prescription opioids/medications.
- Trial name
- fMRI CURE (NCT01587196)
- Testing
- Vivitrol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcoholism
fNIRs-based Neurofeedback to Reduce Relapse in pOUD/AUD
This study will examine the impact of functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based neurofeedback to a region within the brain's prefrontal cortex involved with self-regulation of resisting craving in alcohol use and prescription…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcoholism, Prescription Drug Dependence, Opioid-use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03595293
- Testing
- fNIRs-based Neurofeedback
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Anxiety, Prescription Drug Abuse and Dependency
Prescription of Benzodiazepines by General Practitioners: Characteristics of Prescribing Trend and Implementation of an Online Educational Program
Portugal has the highest benzodiazepine utilization compared to other European countries. The high utilization of benzodiazepines has been a concern due to reported side effects of long-term use and dependence.
- Trial name
- NCT04925596
- Testing
- ePrimaPrescribe online educational program, ComunicaSaudeMental online educational program
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Elderly
Medication Misuse and Dependence Among Elderly
The project focuses on investigating problematic medication use, especially overuse of potentially addictive drugs among the elderly.
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Elderly, Substance-Related Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03162081
- Testing
- Substance misuse screening, EQ-5D, Impulsivity screening
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Akershus
Benzodiazepine Dependence, Benzodiazepine Abuse
Prevention of Benzodiazepine Misuse in Primary Care
Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-like hypnotics (z-drugs) are prevalent and addictive narcotics. Guidelines recommend restricted prescription of these drugs for anxiety and insomnia.
- Conditions
- Benzodiazepine Dependence, Benzodiazepine Abuse, Substance Use Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT04533230
- Testing
- Educational intervention with prescription feedback, Information on treatment guidelines
- Where
- Sweden
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Opioid Use, Opioid-Related Disorders
Addressing Origins of the Opioid Epidemic by Improving Prescribing for Opioid-Naive Patients
Risk of long-term opioid dependence increases with initial opioid dose/duration, but despite recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-endorsed minimum doses for initial opioid prescription, primary care providers…
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Opioid-Related Disorders, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse and Dependency
- Trial name
- NCT03377855
- Testing
- Default Prescribing Change
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 948 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University