Effect Of Case Management Following Discharge From Methadone Treatment

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Opioid-Related Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this project is to assess whether enhanced outreach counseling (EOC) is an effective outreach strategy for discharged methadone maintenance patients compared to a standard referral procedure. EOC is a brief (30 minute) face-to-face intervention, followed by six weeks of ongoing telephone counseling/case management designed to help eligible out-of-treatment methadone patients re-enter treatment. Several studies have shown those patients who voluntarily re-enter treatment improve significantly following re-enrollment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00018226

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Starts

1998-04-01

Expected to finish

2001-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-01-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Drug Dependent Treatment Unit — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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