Buprenorphine Implementation at Syringe Service Programs to Reduce Overdoses
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
8 sites across 8 statesStudy leadership
- Aaron D Fox, MD, MS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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What this trial measures
- 3-month Buprenorphine treatment retention (3-month retention)Between baseline and 1-month following intervention, and between baseline and 3-months following intervention
Buprenorphine (BUP) treatment retention will be defined as having an active buprenorphine prescription between baseline and 1-month and between the 1-month (days 1-30) and 3-month (days 31-90) time points. Participants will be asked to provide evidence of BUP prescriptions at study visits (i.e., confirmed prescriptions). If a participant receives a second BUP prescription before the 1-month follow-up and the number of days dispensed covers dates after day 30 (i.e., carries over into the 31-90 days interval), this participant will have met the primary outcome. The primary outcome will require at least one day of an active BUP prescription based on confirmed prescriptions within the 2 time-points. BUP treatment retention will be summarized as a binary ("Yes/No") variable. The number/percentage of participants who are retained at each timepoint will be summarized by arm. BUP treatment retention is the primary measure of effectiveness.