Feasibility Study of Take-Home LAAM Medication – 3

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The purpose of this study is to test therapeutic benefits of take-home LAAM. (1) Do subjects with take-home LAAM availability show increased clinical responsibility over subjects without; (2) Do subjects with take-home LAAM attempt diversion when random recall and other diversion safeguards are used; (3) Does treatment response correlate with background or drug use variables at intake, discharge, or during treatment?

Medical trial

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

  • NCT00000300

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Type of trial:

Design:

Primary outcomes:

  • Drug Use
  • Decreased frequency of HIV related behavior
  • Increased prosocial behaviors
  • Retention

Start date:

  • Mar 1995

Phase:

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Minimum age for eligibility:

  • 18

Eligibility inclusion criteria:

  • Meets DSM-IV criteria for opiate dependence
  • Willing to provide names, addresses, and numbers of 3 relatives who can aid in patient location for follow-up visits
  • Able to understand English
  • Certified for LAAM treatment by a physician

Eligibility exclusion criteria:

  • Hypertensive to LAAM
  • Female of childbearing potential who refuses to use an acceptable form of birth control
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Medical or psychiatric illness which would jeopardize safe study participation
  • Clinically significant abnormality in hematology, blood work, or UA, ETOH and/or sedative/hypnotic dependence according to DSM-IV criteria

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