Methadone Maintenance for Prisoners

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Heroin Addiction

In brief

This five-year study examines the benefits of methadone maintenance treatment initiated in prison and continued in the community to male offenders who were previously, but not currently, heroin-dependent. It is anticipated that such prisoners will have more favorable outcomes in the year following release with regard to drug abuse, crime, and HIV risk behavior than either prisoners who receive counseling only or begin initiation of methadone maintenance in the community

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00378079

Run by

Friends Research Institute, Inc.

People needed

211

Starts

2003-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-04-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Heroin dependence in the year prior to current incarceration
• 3-6 months left to serve in prison-male pre-release inmate suitability for methadone maintenance as determined by medical evaluation
• Willingness to enroll in methadone maintenance
• Having a Baltimore address

You may not qualify if…

• Pending parole hearing
• Pending charges
• Kidney failure
• Liver failure

Where it is running

• Metropolitan Transition Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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