Providing Suboxone and PrEP Using Telemedicine
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Opioid Use, Opioid-use Disorder, Risk Reduction, Hiv
In brief
The purpose of this study is to provide medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) with buprenorphine and naloxone, or bup/nx, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention for persons who inject opioids accessing syringe services programs (SSPs), as part of a comprehensive harm reduction program, and assess the acceptability and feasibility of using telemedicine to implement the program. The initial visit will be conducted in person or remotely via telemedicine given COVID-19 protocols at the SSP sites in Charlotte and Wilmington, North Carolina (NC); follow-up visits will be conducted via telemedicine.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04521920
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 17
- Starts
- 2020-11-09
- Expected to finish
- 2021-08-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-06-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- History of self-report injection opioid use in the past 6 months
- Participate in SSPs,
- HIV negative
- Willing to take bup/nx and PrEP for 6 months
- No medical contraindications for these medications
- Not pregnant
- 18 years or older
- Not currently taking PrEP
- Not currently taking any form of MOUD
- History of sharing injection or drug preparation equipment or risk of sexual acquisition of HIV (such as engaging in sex work or men who have sex with men) in the past 6 months
You may not qualify if…
- Positive pregnancy test including during the course of the study
- Positive HIV test at enrollment
- Altered mental status in which participant cannot sign a consent form
- Renal insufficiency/failure
- Hepatitis B surface antigen positive
- Becoming incarcerated during the study
Where it is running
- Queen City Needle Exchnge — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Duke Department of Population Health Sciences — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition — Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
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