Long-Term Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

This study is looking at a new way to help people with opioid use disorder who are also unemployed. It's called "employment-based abstinence reinforcement." This means you would earn money for working, and also receive extra pay if your urine tests show you are drug-free. The study aims to see if this approach can help people stay off drugs and find stable jobs. To join, you need to be at least 18 years old, already receiving buprenorphine or methadone treatment at REACH, and be unemployed. We will measure how many people are drug-free and employed after 4 weeks. The study plans to enroll 225 participants, but its current status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention. It plans to enroll 225 participants.
What's involved
Participants will work with an employment specialist and in a community job. You will need to provide drug-free urine samples to receive maximum wages.
Compensation
Participants will earn stipends for working and wage supplements for working in a community job.
Follow-up
The study will measure drug abstinence and employment at 4 weeks.

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NCT05534815

Long-Term Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
Northern Michigan University
~225 participants
Updated 2025-05-02 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Employment-based abstinence reinforcement

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Rate of Drug abstinence as assessed by a yes or no
Measured over 4 weeks
+1 more outcome measured
Drug Addiction
Employment
1 sites across 1 states
Michigan1
  • Forrest Toegel, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Northern Michigan University

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

≥18 years old
are enrolled at REACH for buprenorphine or methadone maintenance treatment
unemployed

Exclusion

Applicants will be excluded if they report recent hallucinations and if they are currently a prisoner.
  • Rate of Drug abstinence as assessed by a yes or no4 weeks

    We will assess rate of urine samples negative for opioids (morphine, oxycodone, and fentanyl) and cocaine at the 4-week assessments during the Maintenance period. Y/N at each assessment).

  • Rate of Employment as assessed by a yes or no4 weeks

    We will assess rate that participants report employment at the 4-week assessments conducted during the Maintenance period. Y/N at each assessment.