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Can methadone clinics double as meth treatment centers?

NCT ID NCT07121296

Symptom relief Sponsor: Hanoi Medical University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Recruiting now
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Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed This study
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Stopped early
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Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

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Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
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Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Sep 16, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers at Hanoi Medical University are studying whether methadone clinics can effectively screen, treat, and keep people with methamphetamine use disorder in care. The trial enrolls 60 adults who test positive for meth but not opioids. Participants receive counseling and incentives for attending sessions and providing drug-free urine samples, and the study measures how well recruitment, attendance, and retention work.

What this could mean

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Active substance
behavioral therapy and incentives for drug-free urine tests
What this could lead to
If the approach proves feasible, methadone clinics could become a new access point for treating methamphetamine use disorder, a condition with few effective options.
What could go wrong
This is a small feasibility study, not a test of whether the treatment works. Recruitment and retention may fall short, and results from Vietnam may not apply elsewhere.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

60 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2025

Finished

Sep 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: ≥ 18 * ASSIST ≥ 10 OR urine drug screen positive with meth * Urine drug screen negative with opioid and methadone * Willing to participate in study interventions at selected MMT clinics Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read and write Vietnamese * Being incapable of understanding questions and research processes

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

methamphetamine dependence

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Methamphetamine use disorder

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hanoi Medical University

    Hanoi, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam

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